Publications
Olson, C., Russell, R., Bhaskaran, S., “Tumbling Small Body Spin State Estimation Using Independently Simulated Images,” The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 69, February 2022, pp. 51–76.
Olson, C., Russell, R., Carpenter, J.R., “Precomputing Process Noise for Onboard Sequential Filters,” Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 40, No. 8, August 2017, pp. 2062–2075.
Olson, C., Sequential Estimation Methods for Small Body Optical Navigation, Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, August 2016.
Olson, C., Russell, R., Carpenter, J.R., “Small Body Optical Navigation Using The Additive Divided Difference Sigma Point Filter,” Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 39, No. 4, April 2016, pp. 922–928.
Olson, C., Russell, R., Bhaskaran, S., “Spin State Estimation of Tumbling Small Bodies,” The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 63, Issue 2, June 2016, pp. 124–157.
Bhaskaran, S., Nandi, S., Broschart, S., Wallace, M., Cangahuala, L., Olson, C., “Small Body Landings Using Autonomous Onboard Optical Navigation”, The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 58, No. 3, September 2011, pp. 409–427.
Olson, C., Scaperoth, P., Mission Orbit Navigation Analysis Approach and Modeling Assumptions, NASA Magnetospheric Multi-Scale (MMS) Flight Dynamics Subsystem Critical Design Review (CDR), June 2010.
Olson, C., Analysis of Asteroid Landing Capabilities Using Autonomous Optical Navigation, Masters Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, May 2009.
Conference Papers
Olson, C. G., Tolman, B. W., “Robust GNSS Differential Processing for All Baselines”, Proceedings of the 31st International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2018), Miami, Florida, September 2018, pp. 3927-3944.
Olson, C., Russell, R., Bhaskaran, S., “Tumbling Small Body Spin State Estimation Using Independently Simulated Images,” 1st Annual RPI Workshop on Image-Based Modeling and Navigation for Space Applications, June 2018.
Olson, C., Russell, R., “Precomputing Process Noise for Onboard Sequential Filters,” AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Feb 2016, AAS 16-475.
Olson, C., Russell, R., Bhaskaran, S., Spin State Estimation of Tumbling Small Bodies, Paper AAS 15-363, AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Williamsburg, VA, Jan 2015.
Olson, C., Russell, R.P., Carpenter, J.R., Small Body Optical Navigation Using the Additive Divided Difference Sigma Point Filter, Paper AAS 14-422, AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, Jan 2014.
Olson, C., Wright, C., Long, A., Expected Navigation Flight Performance for the Magnetospheric Multi-Scale (MMS) Mission, Paper AAS 12-199, AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Charleston, SC, Jan 2012.
Olson, C., Navigation Concepts for the Magnetospheric Multi-Scale (MMS) Mission, AIAA Region I Young Professional, Student, and Education Conference, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, Nov 2011.
Bhaskaran, S., Nandi, S., Broschart, S., Wallace, M., Cangahuala, L., Olson, C., Small Body Landing Accuracy Using In-Situ Navigation, Paper 11-056, AAS Guidance, Navigation, and Control Meeting, Breckenridge, CO, Feb 4, 2011.
Olson, C., Long, A., Carpenter, J.R., Sensitivity of Magnetospheric Multi-Scale (MMS) Mission Navigation Accuracy to Major Error Sources, Paper AAS 11-207, AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Feb 2011.