Minimum-variance estimation of reentry debris trajectories

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 366-373

  Rao, Anil V ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAG; KALMAN FILTERING; REENTRY; SPACE DEBRIS;

RAUCH-TUNG-STRIEBEL SMOOTHER; REENTRY DEBRIS TRAJECTORIES;

TRAJECTORIES;

EID: 0033725922     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3570     Document Type: Article

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