Artificial vision algorithm for earth station location from CubeSats in narrow beam optical communications

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Abstract

The use of CubeSats promises several advantages within a low economical budget margin for different missions. Nowadays, data transfer through optical channels (lasercom) is considered a potential technology for satellite wireless communications, providing several advantages in terms of data transfer rate with lower energy consumption. However, a main drawback is the location of the Optical Ground Station (OGS). Therefore, an artificial vision algorithm for the processing of images captured by the camera of a CubeSat is proposed in this work, in order to carry out the identification and recognition of an OGS by means of a beacon signal, to aid the Pointing, Acquisition and Tracking (PAT) onboard subsystem for the communication's stage.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012023
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume2307
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event11th International Congress of Physics Engineering, CIIF 2021 - Mexico City, Mexico
Duration: 26 Sep 202129 Sep 2021

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