Inertial position target measuring systems and methods

A targeting platform comprising:

• a target tracking system including:
• a database for storing starfield information;
• an optical beam source configured to illuminate one or more optical beam pulses;
• a first camera system configured to track an object and record the tracked object;
• a second camera system configured to stabilize a tracking image received by a portion of the first camera system and record the stabilized image that includes the one or more optical beam pulses;
• and
• a processor coupled to the database, the optical beam source, and the first and second camera systems, the processor including:
• a first component configured to instruct the first camera system to track the object based on recordation of the tracked object;
• a second component configured to instruct the second camera system to stabilize the tracking image based on the instructions sent to the first camera system;
• and
• a third component configured to determine inertial reference information of the tracked object based on the stabilized image and starfield information associated with the stabilized image.