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Error Correction of Infrared Earth Radiance for Autonomous Navigation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 September 2016

Jianqing Li ,
Changsheng Gao ,
Tianming Feng  and
Wuxing Jing
Jianqing Li
Affiliation:
(Harbin Institute of Technology, 150001 Harbin, People's Republic of China)
Changsheng Gao*
Affiliation:
(Harbin Institute of Technology, 150001 Harbin, People's Republic of China)
Tianming Feng
Affiliation:
(Harbin Institute of Technology, 150001 Harbin, People's Republic of China)
Wuxing Jing
Affiliation:
(Harbin Institute of Technology, 150001 Harbin, People's Republic of China)
*
(E-mail: gaocs@hit.edu.cn)
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Abstract

A strapdown inertial navigation system and celestial navigation system integrated autonomous navigation scheme is proposed in this paper, using the navigation information obtained from Earth sensors and star sensors. To eliminate the adverse effect caused by the asymmetry of Earth infrared radiance, the relationship between Earth infrared radiance brightness and effective horizon height is found. According to the relationship as well as the measuring principle of the Earth sensor, this paper derives a function to correct the measurement of the Earth sensor. Then, the angle-distance of stars can be calculated, and using this information, we can estimate the navigation information of a ballistic missile by least square estimation. The simulation results show that the error of Earth infrared radiance has a great effect on the navigation precision, and by using the correction scheme, this adverse effect can be greatly mitigated. This correction scheme is available and effective.

Keywords

Autonomous navigationEarth sensorStar sensorEarth infrared radiance
Type
Research Article
Information
The Journal of Navigation , Volume 69 , Issue 6 , November 2016 , pp. 1427 - 1437
Copyright
Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 2016 

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