On-orbit thruster calibration

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 934-940

  Wiktor, Peter J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a Engineering Arts   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^f Hughes Helicopters   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORCE CONTROL; GRAVITATION; JETS; KALMAN FILTERING; ORBITS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPACECRAFT;

ATTITUDE CONTROL MOMENTS; GRAVITY PROBE B; ON ORBIT THRUSTER CALIBRATION; TRANSLATION CONTROL FORCES;

CONTROL EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0030190166     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.21721     Document Type: Article

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