Patent ID: 7136752
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: B64G,G01C

Abstract:
1. A method for autonomously generating a star pair catalog on-board a vehicle, comprising: generating a master star pair catalog at a remote location, wherein entries of said master star pair catalog include the values of at least one metric, and said master star pair catalog is ordered according to said values of said at least one metric, generating a reference table at said remote location, populating said reference table using the indices of said master star pair catalog at said remote location, transmitting said reference table from said remote location to said vehicle, determining, on-board said vehicle, suitable star pair catalog locations using said reference table and said values of said at least one metric, determining, on-board said vehicle, a plurality of star pair catalog entries for said star pair catalog from a star catalog; storing said plurality of star pair catalog entries in said star pair catalog.