Session
Poster Session 2
Location
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Abstract
The Optical Deep-space Instrument for Navigation (ODIN) is a customizable, multiple camera, multiple field-of view (FOV) software and hardware sensor package. The instrument and software design are intended to make optical navigation (OpNav) methods more widely available to small satellite missions.
The ODIN flight software will have autonomous functionalities such as target determination, attitude estimation, and horizon-based position estimation, while still offering the option for manual modes to ease mission operation constraints. The flight software is built in core Flight System (cFS) and is designed to be agnostic to camera selection and placement.
Currently, ODIN is in its second year of development under NASA’s University Small Sat Technology Partnership (USTP) program and has already passed multiple testing benchmarks, with a final goal of advancing the technology to TRL 6 (validation in a relevant environment). To demonstrate one potential ODIN instrument configuration at a reasonable size for a small satellite mission, a 2U prototype with two very wide-angle cameras and two narrow angle cameras was designed.
Document Type
Event
Development of the Optical Deep-Space Instrument for Navigation (ODIN)
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
The Optical Deep-space Instrument for Navigation (ODIN) is a customizable, multiple camera, multiple field-of view (FOV) software and hardware sensor package. The instrument and software design are intended to make optical navigation (OpNav) methods more widely available to small satellite missions.
The ODIN flight software will have autonomous functionalities such as target determination, attitude estimation, and horizon-based position estimation, while still offering the option for manual modes to ease mission operation constraints. The flight software is built in core Flight System (cFS) and is designed to be agnostic to camera selection and placement.
Currently, ODIN is in its second year of development under NASA’s University Small Sat Technology Partnership (USTP) program and has already passed multiple testing benchmarks, with a final goal of advancing the technology to TRL 6 (validation in a relevant environment). To demonstrate one potential ODIN instrument configuration at a reasonable size for a small satellite mission, a 2U prototype with two very wide-angle cameras and two narrow angle cameras was designed.
