Optical navigation for the Galileo Gaspra encounterThe optical navigation process as practiced during the Gaspra encounter is presented. The characteristics of image formation for a single-frame mosaic picture required the development of a new image processing algorithm to extract the optical measurements. A detailed formulation of this algorithm is presented along with the results of applying it to the pictures returned from the spacecraft.
Document ID
19920069466
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Vaughan, R. M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Riedel, J. E. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Davis, R. P. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Owen, W. M., Jr. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Synnott, S. P. (JPL Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Subject Category
Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command And Tracking