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On-orbit calibration of star sensor based on a new lens distortion model

  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

A new lens distortion model is built to eliminate the adverse effect of lens distortion on star sensors, and an on-orbit calibration algorithm which is based on the new model is proposed. In view of the conventional lens distortion model's defects, that are the conventional model doesn't tolerate the variation of temperature and it's based on the over-simplified pin-hole camera model, the new lens distortion model is built by simulating and analyzing the image data of a wide-field and large-aperture star sensor lens. There are several distortion coefficients in this new distortion model, which include the thermal coefficients that can be used to describe the effect of thermal environment's change on lens distortion. Afterward an on-orbit EKF algorithm is created to calibrate these distortion coefficients. And the simulation's results reveal that the precision of star sensor has been improved to 0.279″ by this EKF algorithm, therefore the new lens distortion model and the new calibration algorithm are effective to eliminate the adverse effect of lens distortion on star sensors.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 32nd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2013
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages4989-4994
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9789881563835
StatePublished - 18 Oct 2013
Event32nd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2013 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 26 Jul 201328 Jul 2013

Publication series

NameChinese Control Conference, CCC
ISSN (Print)1934-1768
ISSN (Electronic)2161-2927

Conference

Conference32nd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period26/07/1328/07/13

Keywords

  • Attitude determination
  • Extended Kalman Filter
  • Lens distortion
  • Star sensor

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