Enhancement of Trajectory Determination of Orbiter Spacecraft by Using Pairs of Planetary Optical Images

Silvestri, Davide (2014) Enhancement of Trajectory Determination of Orbiter Spacecraft by Using Pairs of Planetary Optical Images, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Meccanica e scienze avanzate dell'ingegneria, 26 Ciclo. DOI 10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/6290.
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Abstract

The subject of the present thesis is about the enhancement of orbiter spacecraft navigation capabilities obtained by the standard radiometric link, taking advantage of an imaging payload and making use of a novel definition of optical measurements. An ESA Mission to Mercury called BepiColombo, was selected as a reference case for this study, and in particular its Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), because of the presence of SIMBIO-SYS, an instrument suite part of the MPO payload, capable of acquiring high resolution images of the surface of Mercury. The use of optical measurements for navigation, can provide complementary informations with respect to Doppler, for enhanced performances or a relaxation of the radio tracking requisites in term of ground station schedule. Classical optical techniques based on centroids, limbs or landmarks, were the base to a novel idea for optical navigation, inspired by concepts of stereoscopic vision. In brief, the relation between two overlapped images acquired by a nadir pointed orbiter spacecraft at different times, was defined, and this information was then formulated into an optical measurement, to be processed by a navigation filter. The formulation of this novel optical observable is presented, moreover the analysis of the possible impact on the mission budget and images scheduling is addressed. Simulations are conducted using an orbit determination software already in use for spacecraft navigation in which the proposed optical measurements were implemented and the final results are given.

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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Silvestri, Davide
Supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Scuola di dottorato
Ingegneria industriale
Ciclo
26
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
Optical Navigation, Orbiter Spacecraft, Orbit Determination
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DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsdottorato/6290
Data di discussione
7 Maggio 2014
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