ALEXIS spacecraft attitude reconstruction with thermal/flexible motions due to launch damage

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1033-1041

  Psiaki, Mark L ^a,d   Theiler, James ^b   Bloch, Jeffrey ^b   Ryan, Sean ^b   Dill, Robert W ^c   Warner, Richard E ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c AeroAstro LLC   (United States)

^d AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SENSORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; SPACECRAFT; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAYS;

EULER DYNAMICS; FLEXIBLE MOTIONS; SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE RECONSTRUCTION;

POSITION CONTROL;

EID: 0031233967     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.4151     Document Type: Article

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