Inertial Attitude Determination Systems in Reduced Gravity and Dynamics Environment

A. Szumski, T. Pany, B. Eissfeller

Abstract:	The paper describes a case study of an inertial attitude determination being prepared for an ice probe on a mission on icy moon of Saturn - Enceladus. The environment of Enceladus, more precisely saying, its rotation rate and gravity acceleration perception by the inertial sensors are emulated in the laboratory. The focus of the study is to assess the influence of the Enceladus' rotation and gravity acceleration on the performance of the attitude determination algorithms. Two gyroscope technologies, FOG and MEMS, were challenged in the simulated conditions of Enceladus. Performance of the attitude determination algorithms was checked with different inertial sensors, as if they were on Enceladus. As a reference, the performance of those algorithms on the Earth is also given.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 30th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2017) September 25 - 29, 2017 Oregon Convention Center Portland, Oregon
Pages:	727 - 735
Cite this article:	Szumski, A., Pany, T., Eissfeller, B., "Inertial Attitude Determination Systems in Reduced Gravity and Dynamics Environment," Proceedings of the 30th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2017), Portland, Oregon, September 2017, pp. 727-735. https://doi.org/10.33012/2017.15354
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