TWOSTEP: A fast robust algorithm for attitude-independent magnetometer-bias determination

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 433-451

  Alonso, Roberto ^a   Shuster, Malcolm D ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales   (Argentina)

^b Acme Spacecraft Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPACE FLIGHT; STATISTICS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS;

HEURISTIC ALGORITHM; MAGNETOMETER BIAS;

SPACECRAFT; MAGNETOMETERS;

ALGORITHM PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE INDEPENDENTS; ROBUST ALGORITHM; SINGLE-STEP;

EID: 0242720798     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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