NPSAT1 Parameter Estimation Using Unscented Kalman Filtering

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Sekhavat, Pooya
Ross, I. Michael
Gong, Qi
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2007-07-11Metadata
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NPSAT1 is a small satellite being built at the Naval Postgraduate School and scheduled to launch in 2007. It primarily employs magnetic sensing and actuation for attitude control. The nature of the in-house fabrication and assembly of the spacecraft requires reliable computational estimation of the difficult-to-measure parameters of the end-product. The inherent nonlinear dynamics of the system makes the observer design a challenging problem. This paper presents the successful implementation of the Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) for the spacecraft parameter estimation. Since a three-axis magnetometer is the only sensor onboard, the UKF algorithm also
estimates the system orientation and angular velocity. The unit quaternion constraint is enforced by treating the norm of the quaternion's as a dummy measurement. Simulations and ground test experimental results show the superior performance of the
UKF in spacecraft dual state-parameter estimation.
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Proceedings of the 2007 American Control Conference Marriott Marquis Hotel at Times Square New York City, USA, July 11-13, 2007
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