Unscented Kalman filter for spacecraft attitude estimation using modified Rodrigues parameters and real data

In this paper, a sigma-point Kalman filter formulation for attitude estimation is derived using the modified Rodrigues parameters and real data of attitude sensors. The unscented Kalman filter algorithm is used for attitude estimation and the gyro-based model is considered for attitude propagation....

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Autores: Garcia, Roberta Veloso, de Freitas Oliveira Matos, Nicholas, Kuga, Hélio Koiti [UNESP], Zanardi, Maria Cecılia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/168998
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40314-015-0269-5
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/168998
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Attitude estimation
Modified Rodrigues parameters
Quaternion
Real data
Unscented Kalman filter
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Sumario:In this paper, a sigma-point Kalman filter formulation for attitude estimation is derived using the modified Rodrigues parameters and real data of attitude sensors. The unscented Kalman filter algorithm is used for attitude estimation and the gyro-based model is considered for attitude propagation. In this study, the attitude of satellite is estimated using real data supplied by gyros, Earth sensors and Sun sensors that are on board of the CBERS-2 (China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite). The results show that even with a sparse set of measures, the UKF with MRP shows results similar to those obtained when directly uses the Euler angles.