Spacecraft attitude determination by Kalman filtering of Global Positioning System signals

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1365-1371

  Fujikawa, Stephen J ^a   Zimbelman, Darrell F ^b,c  

^a Welch Engineering Limited   (United States)

^b ITHACO Technical Services ^*  (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; KALMAN FILTERING; OBSERVABILITY; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPACECRAFT; TORQUE;

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE MEASUREMENT; INTERFEROMETRIC MEASUREMENT; VEHICLE DYNAMIC MOTION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 0029409525     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.21554     Document Type: Article

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