Conference paper
The Advanced Stellar Compass onboard the Oersted satellite
In 1997 the first Danish satellite will be launched. The primarily scientific objective of the satellite is to map the magnetic field of the Earth. The attitude of the satellite is determined by an advanced stellar compass (star tracker). An advanced stellar compass consists of a CCD camera connected to a powerful microcomputer.
The instrument is operating by comparing the images from the camera with an onboard star catalogue. This determines the attitude of the CCD camera relative to the celestial sphere. Performance evaluation and calibration of the instrument has been performed by menas of tests at the University of Hawaii, Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii.
This paper will describe the nature of these tests. Also, the performance of the advanced stellar compass will be discussed.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | ESA Publications Division |
Year: | 1997 |
Pages: | 303-310 |
Proceedings: | SUBMIT TO: 3rd ESA Symp. on Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation & Control. Systems |
Types: | Conference paper |
ORCIDs: | Jørgensen, John Leif |