Attitude determination and control for a small remote sensing satellite

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 675-681

  Grassi, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL THEORY; MAGNETIC VARIABLES CONTROL; MAGNETOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

ATTITUDE CONTROL; ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; HORIZON SENSOR; MAGNETIC TORQUERS; SMALL SATELLITE;

AVIATION;

EID: 0031130754     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(97)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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