A combined imaging and driving method of a star sensor comprises the steps that window control words are generated and include driving control words and block control words, the block control words include row block control words and column block control words, the driving control words are used for representing an adopted full-frame driving mode or a window driving mode, the row block control words represent a row area of the position where a window is located, the column block control words represent a column area of the position where the window is located, window control words of a windowcontrol memory are read to judge a required driving mode, if the driving mode is the full-frame driving mode, all pixels are read row by row and one by one to obtain full-frame images, if the mode isa window driving mode, integral charge resetting is conducted on a detector, then exposure accumulation is performed, and finally window images are acquired according to the block control words in thewindow control words. The star point extracting capability is effectively improved, the posture effectiveness of the star sensor is guaranteed, computing quantity is decreased, a frame period is shortened, the data updating rate of the star sensor is improved, occupancy of resources is saved, and the dynamic performance of the star sensor is improved.