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In this study, we developed a camera-star sensor installation calibration method that eliminates the need for GCPs. In the proposed method, the camera and star sensor lenses are simultaneously pointed at the star, and the camera-star sensor installation is accurately calibrated by processing the star map obtained by the camera and star sensors. Reference data such as road network and Moon position data were used to verify the proposed method and evaluate its positioning accuracy. The results of the application of the method to the positioning of the Luojia 1-01 satellite indicated an accuracy within 800 m, which is comparable with that of the traditional method.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs11182081","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,6]],"date-time":"2019-09-06T02:59:22Z","timestamp":1567738762000},"page":"2081","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Star-Based Calibration of the Installation Between the Camera and Star Sensor of the Luojia 1-01 Satellite"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8094-6124","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhichao","family":"Guan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5777-4144","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yonghua","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]},{"given":"Jingyin","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3987-5336","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guo","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,9,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Haines, B., Desai, S., Willis, P., Bertiger, W., and Munson, T. 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