Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
721590 IFAC Proceedings Volumes 2007 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

A general concept for an earth-oriented safe mode for low earth orbiting satellites is proposed. It is mainly based on earth vector information provided by the Astrium Coarse Earth and Sun Sensor (CESS) and has been successfully used on several earth observation missions. Its application is not restricted to certain orbit properties and does not depend on the knowledge of position, velocity or time.

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