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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2001
Walter Fichter, Munich, DE;
Jörg Flemmig, Friedrichshafen, DE;
Günter Lange, Egmating, DE;
Mihael Surauer, Chieming, DE;
Astrium GmbH, Munich, DE;
Abstract
Described is a device for determining the attitude on board of a satellite ( ) with a data transfer device for carrying out optical data exchange between at least two satellites ( ); a device for determining one's own attitude; a device for determining the directional vectors in an inertial co-ordinate system from one's own attitude and from attitude data of at least two satellites ( ), said attitude data having been transmitted by means of the data transmission device; a device for determining the directional vector directed to the satellites ( ) of which there are at least two, in a fixed-body co-ordinate system of the satellite; and a device for attitude determination from the directional vectors determined. Also described is a method for carrying out attitude determination.