Filtering-Based Three-Axis Attitude Determination Package for Spinning Spacecraft: Preliminary Results with Arase
JAXA’s ERG (Exploration of Energization and Radiation in Geospace) Spacecraft, which is nicknamed Arase, was launched on 20 December 2016. Arase is a spin-stabilized and Sun-oriented spacecraft. Its mission is to explore how relativistic electrons in the radiation belts are generated during space st...
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| author | Halil Ersin Soken Shin-ichiro Sakai Kazushi Asamura Yosuke Nakamura Takeshi Takashima Iku Shinohara |
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| description | JAXA’s ERG (Exploration of Energization and Radiation in Geospace) Spacecraft, which is nicknamed Arase, was launched on 20 December 2016. Arase is a spin-stabilized and Sun-oriented spacecraft. Its mission is to explore how relativistic electrons in the radiation belts are generated during space storms. Two different on-ground attitude determination algorithms are designed for the mission: A TRIAD-based algorithm that inherits from old missions and a filtering-based new algorithm. This paper, first, discusses the design of the filtering-based attitude determination algorithm, which is mainly based on an Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), specifically designed for spinning spacecraft (SpinUKF). The SpinUKF uses a newly introduced set of attitude parameters (i.e., spin-parameters) to represent the three-axis attitude of the spacecraft and runs UKF for attitude estimation. The paper then presents the preliminary attitude estimation results for the spacecraft that are obtained after the launch. The results are presented along with the encountered challenges and suggested solutions for them. These preliminary attitude estimation results show that the expected accuracy of the fine attitude estimation for the spacecraft is less than 0.5°. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-17f45bdd8d77495d9576193e86cbe8a02023-11-20T06:38:25ZengMDPI AGAerospace2226-43102020-07-01779710.3390/aerospace7070097Filtering-Based Three-Axis Attitude Determination Package for Spinning Spacecraft: Preliminary Results with AraseHalil Ersin Soken0Shin-ichiro Sakai1Kazushi Asamura2Yosuke Nakamura3Takeshi Takashima4Iku Shinohara5Tubitak Space Technologies Research Institute, Ankara 06800, TurkeyJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara 252-5210, JapanJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara 252-5210, JapanJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara 252-5210, JapanJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara 252-5210, JapanJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara 252-5210, JapanJAXA’s ERG (Exploration of Energization and Radiation in Geospace) Spacecraft, which is nicknamed Arase, was launched on 20 December 2016. Arase is a spin-stabilized and Sun-oriented spacecraft. Its mission is to explore how relativistic electrons in the radiation belts are generated during space storms. Two different on-ground attitude determination algorithms are designed for the mission: A TRIAD-based algorithm that inherits from old missions and a filtering-based new algorithm. This paper, first, discusses the design of the filtering-based attitude determination algorithm, which is mainly based on an Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF), specifically designed for spinning spacecraft (SpinUKF). The SpinUKF uses a newly introduced set of attitude parameters (i.e., spin-parameters) to represent the three-axis attitude of the spacecraft and runs UKF for attitude estimation. The paper then presents the preliminary attitude estimation results for the spacecraft that are obtained after the launch. The results are presented along with the encountered challenges and suggested solutions for them. These preliminary attitude estimation results show that the expected accuracy of the fine attitude estimation for the spacecraft is less than 0.5°.https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/7/7/97attitude determinationspinning spacecraftAraseattitude filter |
| spellingShingle | Halil Ersin Soken Shin-ichiro Sakai Kazushi Asamura Yosuke Nakamura Takeshi Takashima Iku Shinohara Filtering-Based Three-Axis Attitude Determination Package for Spinning Spacecraft: Preliminary Results with Arase Aerospace attitude determination spinning spacecraft Arase attitude filter |
| title | Filtering-Based Three-Axis Attitude Determination Package for Spinning Spacecraft: Preliminary Results with Arase |
| title_full | Filtering-Based Three-Axis Attitude Determination Package for Spinning Spacecraft: Preliminary Results with Arase |
| title_fullStr | Filtering-Based Three-Axis Attitude Determination Package for Spinning Spacecraft: Preliminary Results with Arase |
| title_full_unstemmed | Filtering-Based Three-Axis Attitude Determination Package for Spinning Spacecraft: Preliminary Results with Arase |
| title_short | Filtering-Based Three-Axis Attitude Determination Package for Spinning Spacecraft: Preliminary Results with Arase |
| title_sort | filtering based three axis attitude determination package for spinning spacecraft preliminary results with arase |
| topic | attitude determination spinning spacecraft Arase attitude filter |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/7/7/97 |
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