Real-Time Hardware-in-the-Loop Tests of Star Tracker Algorithms

Table 11

Test of sensor performance for stationary input (static simulations) global results over the whole celestial sphere.

Autonomous attitude acquisition
Sky coverage	>95%
Failure	<5%
Efficiency	82.1%, solution at first algorithm run; 12.9%, solution in more runs; (2.8/1.4/12 mean/std/max runs)
Accuracy (arcsec)	60
Precision (arcsec) (yaw or pitch/roll)	30/>300
Number of stars used for attitude computation	2 ÷ 4
Attitude tracking
Accuracy (arcsec)	<5
Precision (arcsec) (yaw or pitch/roll)	5/30
Number of stars used for attitude computation (mean/std)	16/1