In this work, we have analyzed the problem of relative pose initialization between two satellites: a chaser and a non-cooperating target. The analysis has been targeted to two close-range methods based on a monocular camera system: the Sharma-Ventura-D'Amico (SVD) method and the silhouette matching method. Both methods are based on a priori knowledge of the target geometry, but neither fiducial markers nor a priori range measurements or state information are needed. The tests were carried out using a 2U CubeSat mock-up as target attached to a motorized rotary stage to simulate its relative motion with respect to the chaser camera. A motion capture system was used as a reference instrument that provides the fiducial relative motion between the two mock-ups and allows to evaluate the performances of the initialization algorithms analyzed.


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    Title :

    Experimental Evaluation of Pose Initialization Methods for Relative Navigation Between Non-Cooperative Satellites




    Publication date :

    2022-06-27


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    6677397 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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