The continued advancement of small satellite-based science missions requires the solution to a number of important technical challenges. Of particular note is that small satellite missions are characterized by tight constraints on cost, mass, power, and volume that make them unable to fly the high-quality Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) required for orbital missions demanding precise orientation and positioning. Instead, small satellite missions typically fly low-cost Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) IMUs. Unfortunately, the performance characteristics of these MEMS IMUs make them ineffectual in many spaceflight applications when employed in a single IMU system configuration.


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    Title :

    SmallSat Precision Navigation with Low-Cost MEMS IMU Swarms


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    Conference:

    Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellite ; 2015 ; Logan, UT, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-08-08


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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