Integrated inertial stellar attitude sensor
US7216036B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 16, 2003 |
| Grant date | May 8, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01C21/025
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An integrated inertial stellar attitude sensor for an aerospace vehicle includes a star camera system, a gyroscope system, a controller system for synchronously integrating an output of said star camera system and an output of said gyroscope system into a stream of data, and a flight computer responsive to said stream of data for determining from the star camera system output and the gyroscope system output the attitude of the aerospace vehicle.
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