Sigma-point Kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude and rate estimation using magnetometer measurements

A generalized algorithm for spacecraft three-axis attitude and rate estimation is presented. The filter concept presented here is quite general and applicable to a wide range of sensor systems. The structure of the filter is built using spacecraft nonlinear dynamics in the presence of momentum e...

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Main Authors:	Mohammad Abdelrahman, Mohammad Ibraheem, Park, Sang-Young
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Published:	Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society 2011
Subjects:	TL787 Astronautics
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spelling	iium-85802011-12-07T05:49:27Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/8580/ Sigma-point Kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude and rate estimation using magnetometer measurements Mohammad Abdelrahman, Mohammad Ibraheem Park, Sang-Young TL787 Astronautics A generalized algorithm for spacecraft three-axis attitude and rate estimation is presented. The filter concept presented here is quite general and applicable to a wide range of sensor systems. The structure of the filter is built using spacecraft nonlinear dynamics in the presence of momentum exchange devices. Then quaternion kinematics are augmented with spacecraft dynamics to represent the filter process dynamics. Magnetometer measurements and their corresponding time derivatives are utilized to represent the filter measurement model. The filter is designed to suit spacecraft in low-Earth orbits, so the aerodynamic drag in addition to spacecraft magnetic residuals are included as disturbance torques to the process dynamics. To test the filter EgyptSat-1 is used as a real test case where a magnetometer and fiber-optic gyros are used for attitude and rate determination. A Monte-Carlo simulation is then applied to study the performance of the proposed filter with initial attitude and angular velocity sampled from a uniform distribution, each axis respectively. The filter shows the capability of estimating the attitude within 5 deg and rate on the order of 0.03 deg/s in each axis. Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society 2011-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/8580/1/ABDELRAHMAN_SIGMA_POINT_8580.pdf Mohammad Abdelrahman, Mohammad Ibraheem and Park, Sang-Young (2011) Sigma-point Kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude and rate estimation using magnetometer measurements. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 47 (2). pp. 1401-1415. ISSN 0018-9251 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=05751266 DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2011.5751266
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spellingShingle	TL787 Astronautics Mohammad Abdelrahman, Mohammad Ibraheem Park, Sang-Young Sigma-point Kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude and rate estimation using magnetometer measurements
description	A generalized algorithm for spacecraft three-axis attitude and rate estimation is presented. The filter concept presented here is quite general and applicable to a wide range of sensor systems. The structure of the filter is built using spacecraft nonlinear dynamics in the presence of momentum exchange devices. Then quaternion kinematics are augmented with spacecraft dynamics to represent the filter process dynamics. Magnetometer measurements and their corresponding time derivatives are utilized to represent the filter measurement model. The filter is designed to suit spacecraft in low-Earth orbits, so the aerodynamic drag in addition to spacecraft magnetic residuals are included as disturbance torques to the process dynamics. To test the filter EgyptSat-1 is used as a real test case where a magnetometer and fiber-optic gyros are used for attitude and rate determination. A Monte-Carlo simulation is then applied to study the performance of the proposed filter with initial attitude and angular velocity sampled from a uniform distribution, each axis respectively. The filter shows the capability of estimating the attitude within 5 deg and rate on the order of 0.03 deg/s in each axis.
format	Article
author	Mohammad Abdelrahman, Mohammad Ibraheem Park, Sang-Young
author_facet	Mohammad Abdelrahman, Mohammad Ibraheem Park, Sang-Young
author_sort	Mohammad Abdelrahman, Mohammad Ibraheem
title	Sigma-point Kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude and rate estimation using magnetometer measurements
title_short	Sigma-point Kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude and rate estimation using magnetometer measurements
title_full	Sigma-point Kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude and rate estimation using magnetometer measurements
title_fullStr	Sigma-point Kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude and rate estimation using magnetometer measurements
title_full_unstemmed	Sigma-point Kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude and rate estimation using magnetometer measurements
title_sort	sigma-point kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude and rate estimation using magnetometer measurements
publisher	Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society
publishDate	2011
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Sigma-point Kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude and rate estimation using magnetometer measurements

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