Generalization of the Euler Angles

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-132

  Shuster, Malcolm D ^a   Markley, F Landis ^b  

^a Acme Spacecraft Company   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EULER ANGLES; KINEMATIC EQUATIONS; ATTITUDE MATRICES; ATTITUDE PARAMETER; DIRECTION COSINE; ORTHONORMAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); KINEMATICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SPACECRAFT; VECTORS; ASTRONOMY;

SPACE FLIGHT; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 11444258944     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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