Kalman filtering for spacecraft attitude estimation

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 1982, Pages 417-429

  Leffens, E J ^a   Markley, F L ^b   Shuster, M D ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Business and Technological Systems ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACECRAFT;

SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

EID: 0020179752     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.56190     Document Type: Article

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