We describe an analytical, computational, and experimental study designed to gain the insights needed for a third generation star tracker and realtime attitude determination system. Novel features include some refinements of methods for preliminary and final attitude estimation, and star catalog design and real-time access. We summarize analysis, computation,. design, and ground validation of hardware and software.
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