Optical Camera Characterization for Feature-Based Navigation in Lunar Orbit
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| I publikationen: | Aerospace vol. 12, no. 5 (2025), p. 374 |
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| 245 | 1 | |a Optical Camera Characterization for Feature-Based Navigation in Lunar Orbit | |
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| 513 | |a Journal Article | ||
| 520 | 3 | |a Accurate localization is a key requirement for deep-space exploration, enabling spacecraft operations with limited ground support. Upcoming commercial and scientific missions to the Moon are designed to extensively use optical measurements during low-altitude orbital phases, descent and landing, and high-risk operations, due to the versatility and suitability of these data for onboard processing. Navigation frameworks based on optical data analysis have been developed to support semi- or fully-autonomous onboard systems, enabling precise relative localization. To achieve high-accuracy navigation, optical data have been combined with complementary measurements using sensor fusion techniques. Absolute localization is further supported by integrating onboard maps of cataloged surface features, enabling position estimation in an inertial reference frame. This study presents a navigation framework for optical image processing aimed at supporting the autonomous operations of lunar orbiters. The primary objective is a comprehensive characterization of the navigation camera’s properties and performance to ensure orbit determination uncertainties remain below 1% of the spacecraft altitude. In addition to an analysis of measurement noise, which accounts for both hardware and software contributions and is evaluated across multiple levels consistent with prior literature, this study emphasizes the impact of process noise on orbit determination accuracy. The mismodeling of orbital dynamics significantly degrades orbit estimation performance, even in scenarios involving high-performing navigation cameras. To evaluate the trade-off between measurement and process noise, representing the relative accuracy of the navigation camera and the onboard orbit propagator, numerical simulations were carried out in a synthetic lunar environment using a near-polar, low-altitude orbital configuration. Under nominal conditions, the optical measurement noise was set to 2.5 px, corresponding to a ground resolution of approximately 160 m based on the focal length, pixel pitch, and altitude of the modeled camera. With a conservative process noise model, position errors of about 200 m are observed in both transverse and normal directions. The results demonstrate the estimation framework’s robustness to modeling uncertainties, adaptability to varying measurement conditions, and potential to support increased onboard autonomy for small spacecraft in deep-space missions. | |
| 653 | |a Altitude | ||
| 653 | |a Deep space | ||
| 653 | |a Moon | ||
| 653 | |a Orbit determination | ||
| 653 | |a Space exploration | ||
| 653 | |a Accuracy | ||
| 653 | |a Data analysis | ||
| 653 | |a Satellite communications | ||
| 653 | |a Lunar environments | ||
| 653 | |a Cameras | ||
| 653 | |a Navigation systems | ||
| 653 | |a Spacecraft | ||
| 653 | |a Localization | ||
| 653 | |a Optical measurement | ||
| 653 | |a Image processing | ||
| 653 | |a Inertial coordinates | ||
| 653 | |a Uncertainty | ||
| 653 | |a Lunar orbits | ||
| 653 | |a Inertial reference systems | ||
| 653 | |a Navigation | ||
| 653 | |a Low altitude | ||
| 653 | |a Space missions | ||
| 653 | |a Noise measurement | ||
| 653 | |a Numerical simulations | ||
| 653 | |a Onboard | ||
| 653 | |a Onboard equipment | ||
| 653 | |a Optical data processing | ||
| 653 | |a Algorithms | ||
| 653 | |a Spacecraft autonomy | ||
| 653 | |a Position errors | ||
| 653 | |a Orbital mechanics | ||
| 700 | 1 | |a Genova, Antonio | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Andolfo Simone | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Ciambellini Martina | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Teodori Riccardo | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Torrini Tommaso | |
| 773 | 0 | |t Aerospace |g vol. 12, no. 5 (2025), p. 374 | |
| 786 | 0 | |d ProQuest |t Advanced Technologies & Aerospace Database | |
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