Characterizing orbit uncertainty due to atmospheric uncertainty

Astrodynamics Specialist Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 19-29

  Wilkins, Matthew P ^a   Alfriend, Kyle T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DYNAMIC MODELS; ERRORS; FORECASTING; KALMAN FILTERS; SPACE DEBRIS;

ATMOSPHERIC UNCERTAINTIES; BATCH LEAST SQUARES; COLLISION ANALYSIS; DEBRIS AVOIDANCE; EMPIRICAL METHOD; FORCE MODEL ERRORS; KALMAN FILTERING METHOD; ORBIT UNCERTAINTIES;

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS;

EID: 0041988208     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2000-3931     Document Type: Conference Paper

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