title: Quick topological method for acquiring the beacon in inter-satellite laser communications.
abstract: Background starlight can lead to some spot noise in the image collected by a CCD, disturbing the beacon acquisition in inter-satellite laser communications. Removing the spot noise takes much time by using the existing method that is based on the reference star calendar table. We present a novel method to reduce the processing time in this paper. The key point is to use the topological characteristic of the spot noise in the graph that is obtained through threshold segmentation to the image on the CCD. The method helps to improve the acquisition probability and to save valuable onboard computing resources.
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Liying
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Siyuan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yu