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Daniele Mortari

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Publications

  1. Mortari, D. “EULER-2 and EULER-n Algorithms for Attitude Determination from Vector Observations,” Space Technology, Vol. 16, Nos. 5/6, 1996, pp. 317-321.
  2. Mortari, D. “Energy Approach Algorithm for Attitude Determination from Vector Observations,” AAS The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 41-55, 1997.
  3. Mortari, D. “ESOQ: A Closed-Form Solution to the Wahba Problem,” AAS The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 45, No. 2, April-June 1997, pp. 195-204.
  4. Mortari, D. “EULER-q Algorithm for Attitude Determination from Vector Observations,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 21, No. 2, March-April 1998, pp. 328-334.
  5. Mortari, D. “Second Estimator of the Optimal Quaternion,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 23, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 2000, pp. 885-888.
  6. Markley, L.F., and Mortari, D. “Quaternion Attitude Estimation Using Vector Observations,” AAS The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 48, No. 2/3, April-September, 2000, pp. 359-380.
  7. Mortari, D. and Singla, P. “Optimal Cones Intersection Technique,” ACTA Astronautica, Vol. 59, No. 6, September 2006, pp. 474-482.
  8. Bruccoleri, C. and Mortari, D. “MRAD: Modified Rogrigues Vector Attitude Determination,” AAS The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 54, No. 3-4, July-December 2006, pp. 383-390.
  9. Mortari, D., Markley, L.F., and Singla, P. “Optimal Linear Attitude Estimator,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 30, No. 6, November-December 2007, pp. 1619-1627.
  10. Zanetti, R., Majji, M., Bishop, R., and Mortari, D. “Norm-Constrained Kalman Filtering,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 32, No. 5, Sept.-Oct. 2009, pp. 1458-1465. Article featured in the 2010 Draper Technology Digest.
  11. Mortari, D. and Majji, M. “Multiplicative Measurement Model,” AAS The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 57, Nos. 1&2, January-June 2009, pp. 47-60.
  12. Bani-Younes, A., Mortari, D., Turner, J.D., and Junkins, J.L. “Attitude Error Kinematics,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2014, pp. 330-336.
  13. Kumar, M., Mortari, D., and Junkins, J.L. “Analytical Approach to Star Identification Reliability,” ACTA Astronautica, Vol. 66, No. 3-4, February-March 2010, pp. 508-515.
  14. Parish, J.J., Parish, A.S., Swanzy, M., Woodbury, D., Mortari, D., and Junkins, J.L. “The Stellar Positioning System (Part I): An Autonomous Position Determination Solution,” ION Navigation, Vol. 57, No. 1, Spring 2010, pp. 1-12.
  15. Woodbury, D., Parish, J.J., Parish, A.S., Swanzy, M., Denton, R., Mortari, D., and Junkins, J.L. “The Stellar Positioning System (Part II): Improving Accuracy During Implementation,” ION Navigation, Vol. 57, No. 1, Spring 2010, pp. 13-24.
  16. Spratling, B.B. and Mortari, D. “A Survey on Star Identification Algorithms,” Algorithms, Special Issue: Sensor Algorithms, Vol. 2, No. 1, January 2009, pp. 93-107.
  17. Samaan, M.A., Mortari, D., and Junkins, J.L. “Compass Star Tracker for GPS-like Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 44, No. 4, October 2008, pp. 1629-1634.
  18. Mortari, D., Scuro, R.S., and Bruccoleri, C. “Attitude and Orbit Error in n-Dimensional Spaces,” AAS The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 54, No. 3-4, July-December 2006, pp. 467-484.
  19. Samaan, M.A., Mortari, D., and Junkins, J.L. “Non-Dimensional Star Identification for Un-Calibrated Star Cameras,” AAS The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 54, No. 1, January-March 2006, pp. 95-111.
  20. Samaan, M.A., Mortari, D., and Junkins, J.L. “Recursive Mode Star Identification Algorithms,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 41, No. 4, Oct. 2005, pp. 1246-1254.
  21. Mortari, D., Samaan, M.A., Bruccoleri, C., and Junkins, J.L. “The Pyramid Star Pattern Recognition Algorithm,” ION Navigation, Vol. 51, No. 3, Fall 2004, pp. 171-183.
  22. Mortari, D. “Moon-Sun Attitude Sensor,” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 34, No. 3, May-June 1997, pp. 360-364.
  23. Mortari, D. “Search-Less Algorithm for Star Pattern Recognition,” AAS The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 45, No. 2, April-June 1997, pp. 179-194.
  24. Darnas, D., Fialho, M.A.A., and Mortari, D. “Fast and Robust Kernel Generators for Star Trackers,” ACTA Astronautica, Accepted for publication. [zip file with C and MATLAB codes]
  25. Conway, D. and Mortari, D. “Single-point and Filtered Relative Position Estimation for Visual Docking,” Computational Methods in Engineering and Sciences, Vol. 111, No. 2, pp. 147-169, 2016.

SOFTWARE code to dowload [License]

  1. Attitude estimation using 2 observed directions: Optimal TRIAD algorithm: [triad2.m]
  2. Attitude estimation using n observed directions: Second Estimator of the Optimal Quaternion (ESOQ2): [esoq2.m]
  3. Triad and Quad sequences for Star Trackers [zip file with C and MATLAB codes]

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