Precision attitude determination for goes N satellite

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 113, Issue , 2003, Pages 21-38

  Andy Wu, Yeong Wei ^b   Li, Rongsheng Ken ^b   Robertson, Andrew D ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE SENSORS; SPACECRAFT; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GEOSTATIONARY OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES (GOES);

GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES;

EID: 0141426512     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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