NASA NTRS · 19790020051
On-board Attitude Determination System (OADS)
Abstract
The requirements, capabilities and system design for an on-board attitude determination system (OADS) to be flown on advanced spacecraft missions were determined. Based upon the OADS requirements and system performance evaluation, a preliminary on-board attitude determination system is proposed. The proposed OADS system consists of one NASA Standard IRU (DRIRU-2) as the primary attitude determination sensor, two improved NASA Standard star tracker (SST) for periodic update of attitude information, a GPS receiver to provide on-board space vehicle position and velocity vector information, and a multiple microcomputer system for data processing and attitude determination functions. The functional block diagram of the proposed OADS system is shown. The computational requirements are evaluated based upon this proposed OADS system.
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Carney, P., Milillo, M., Tate, V., Wilson, J., Yong, K.. 1978-04-01. On-board Attitude Determination System (OADS). https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19790020051
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