Performance evaluation of the UNISAT attitude control system

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-71

  Grassi, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; MAGNETOMETERS; ORBITS; SENSORS; CONTROL THEORY; DNA SEQUENCES;

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; DIGITAL TWO AXIS SUN SENSOR; SOLID STATE HORIZON SENSORS;

SATELLITES; ALTITUDE CONTROL;

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; ATTITUDE DETERMINATION AND CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROL STRATEGIES; CONTROL TECHNIQUES; SATELLITE ATTITUDE; SENSOR MEASUREMENTS; SUN SYNCHRONOUS ORBITS; THREE AXIS FLUXGATE MAGNETOMETERS;

EID: 0030692541     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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