On-board estimation technology for space station - Current status and future developments.Design considerations and projected solutions to on-board automated estimation techniques for advanced technology controls on a space station are described, with emphasis on the state estimator. The space station is modelled as a collection of rigid and flexible bodies connected at a finite number of hinges. The systems dynamics are characterized by angular velocities of the base body, gimbal angles, and deflections of the flexible appendages. The state estimator evolution is projected to occur in four generations, with the first being control logic in the Viking and Voyager spacecraft, the second in the Shuttle and Galileo probe, the third being large antennas and the prototype space station, the last, around the year 2000, for the actual space station. Considerations for attitude, ephemeris, shape determination, and position estimation through each generation are discussed.
Document ID
19830062962
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Rodriguez, G. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lin, Y. H. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Cameron, J. M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Szirmay, S. Z. (California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA, United States)