{"product_id":"fundamentals-of-spacecraft-optical-navigation-isbn-9781394267712","title":"Fundamentals of Spacecraft Optical Navigation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn authoritative and comprehensive foundation for professionals, educators, and students working in optical navigation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFundamentals of Spacecraft Optical Navigation,\u003c\/i\u003e aerospace engineer John Christian delivers a rigorous and up-to-date discussion of optical navigation—the art of navigating spacecraft with camera images. The author combines the rich history of the fields of aerospace engineering, geometry, astronomy, planetary science, and computer vision with a robust treatment of the mathematics needed to solve contemporary problems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrganized into ten chapters, the book provides the first comprehensive treatment of optical navigation. Readers will find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetailed account of the history of optical navigation, with plentiful excerpts and figures from original sources\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRigorous introduction to the mathematics of projective geometry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThorough introductions to spacecraft dynamics, kinematics, and reference frames\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComprehensive explorations of star catalogs, astrometry, and planetary photometry\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOverview of optical instrument hardware design\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePractical discussion of celestial navigation and terrain relative navigation (TRN)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003ePerfect for graduate students interested in spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control, \u003ci\u003eFundamentals of Spacecraft Optical Navigation\u003c\/i\u003e will also benefit aerospace faculty and aerospace professionals with a responsibility for designing, reviewing, operating, or working with optical navigation systems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcronyms\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 OpNav Pre-History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.2 The Rise of Radio Navigation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 OpNav in Crewed Spaceflight\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 OpNav in Robotic Spaceflight\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Terrain Relative Navigation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Mathematical Foundations 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Set Theory and Algebraic Structures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Vector Spaces and Linear Algebra\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Change of Basis and Orthogonal Matrices\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Attitude Parameterizations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Geometric Algebra\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.6 Polynomials\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.7 Conics (a first encounter)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Projective Geometry 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Perspective and the Pinhole Camera Model\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Rules of Perspective Projection\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 An Axiomatic Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 An Algebraic Perspective\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Invariants\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Two-Dimensional Transformations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Time, Reference Frames, and Orbits 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Time and Angle\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Equinoxes and Solstices\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Celestial Reference Frames\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Days, Calendars, and Civil Time\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Two-Body Orbital Mechanics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Dissemination of Celestial Geometry\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Astrometry and Star Catalogs 397\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 The Propagation of Light\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Asterisms and Constellations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Classical Star Catalogs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Modern Astrometry and Star Catalogs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Stochastic Catalogs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Theory of Relativity\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Radiometry and Photometry 515\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Electromagnetic Spectrum\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Photons and Quantum Electrodynamics (QED)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Radiometric Units of Measure\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Blackbody Radiation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Apparent Magnitude\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Photometric Systems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Transmittance and Optical Depth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Single-Scattering Phase Function (SSPF)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.9 Reflectance Models\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.10 Reflectance Models for Rough Planetary Surfaces\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.11 Reflectance Model Comparisons\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.12 Resolved Photometry\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.13 Unresolved (Disk-Integrated) Photometry\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Camera Hardware and Models 689\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Overview of Camera Systems\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Light Baffles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Optical Assembly\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Image Sensors\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Camera \u0026amp; Optical Instrument Design\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Navigating with Stars 821\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Modeling Stars in Digital Images\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Star Detection and Centroiding\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Attitude Determination\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Star Identification\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Velocity Estimation from Stellar Aberration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Celestial Navigation 927\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Global Shape of Self-Gravitating Bodies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Images of Ellipsoidal Celestial Bodies\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Horizon-Based Position Estimation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Horizon-Based Attitude Determination\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Triangulation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Navigation Filters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Terrain Relative Navigation 1069\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Map-Free TRN\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Map-Based TRN\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Christian, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor in the Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. 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