This paper presents an on-board, centralized autonomous navigation algorithm able to reconstruct the trajectories of a fleet of CubeSats relative to an asteroid binary system. The algorithm is executed on-board the main spacecraft, which takes relative measurements using a narrow optical camera and an additional relative measurement, being inter satellite ranging in this paper. The image processing algorithm detects and tracks the CubeSats, deriving line-of-sight measurements. A non-linear estimation filter is employed to reconstruct the trajectory. The algorithm is tested using high-fidelity trajectory simulator and synthetic images generation routines.


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    Title :

    Centralized Autonomous Relative Navigation of Multiple Cubesats around Didymos System


    Additional title:

    J Astronaut Sci



    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2021-09-01


    Size :

    35 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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