For two linear / three linear array mapping cameras, the on-orbit angle change between mapping cameras / star earth cameras is the key to affect the accuracy of mapping / no control point positioning. In this paper, the on-orbit optical axis pointing change of a high-precision stereo mapping camera is evaluated, which is based on the on-orbit monitor system of boresight angle change between front and rear view camera/star cameras. Firstly, the spot image quality evaluation of the boresight position recorder of star earth cameras is carried out. It mainly includes shape, gray value, noise and so on. Secondly, the optical axis pointing stability of star earth cameras is analyzed. Finally, the optical axis pointing accuracy is analyzed. The results show that the performance of boresight position recorder of star earth cameras is good after on-orbit parameter optimization, the boresight pointing accuracy of star earth cameras is better than 0.2″, focus accuracy is better than 0.005mm. It provides a good reference for the follow-up project promotion.
At present, the accuracy of star sensor calibration based on real space is limited by the factors of vibration, atmospheric environment and so on. In this paper, a new calibration method for digital Time Delay Integrate (TDI) star camera is proposed based on two star cameras joint observation, overcoming the disadvantage mentioned above with high accuracy. Firstly, a mathematic modeling process is introduced with the proposed method. Then an experimental system is set up with two star cameras and an equatorial. Finally, static and dynamic measuring is complemented and errors are analyzed. The results show that, with the proposed method the calibration accuracies of star camera round X/Y axes are 1.45″ (3σ)/0.84″ (3σ), respectively.
A full-sky autonomous star map identification algorithm based on radial and cyclic features is proposed. The algorithm defines a star pattern, composed of radial angular distances and circular angles. Then, a three-step strategy is adopted to find the correspondence of the sensor pattern and the catalog pattern, including initial lookup table match, cyclic dynamic match, and validation. A number of experiments are carried out on simulated and real star images. The simulation results show that the proposed method provides improved performance, especially on robustness against up to 6 false stars. Also, the average identification time is about 45ms, and memory requirement is 16MB, having a good satisfaction to the requirements of the target system.
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