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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Autonomous Artificial Neural Network Star Tracker for Spacecraft Attitude Determination

Abstract

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"The time required to solve the ""lost-in-space"" problem for this star tracker prototype is on average 9.5 seconds. This is an improvement over the 60 seconds needed by the current off-the-shelf autonomous star tracker by Ball Aerospace, the CT-633. Initial acquisition after launch as well as recovery from a loss of attitude knowledge during the mission would occur significantly faster with this prototype system when compared to current commercially available autonomous star trackers."

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Aerospace Engineering
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Trask, Aaron James
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Coverstone, Victoria L.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3070460
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/85076

Chain of custody

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Trask, Aaron James. Autonomous Artificial Neural Network Star Tracker for Spacecraft Attitude Determination. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85076