Real-time navigation of formation-flying spacecraft using global-positioning-system measurements

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 226-235

  Leung, Sunny ^a,b,c   Montenbruck, Oliver ^a,b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b German Space Operations Center   (Germany)

^c Tower 3   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; KALMAN FILTERING; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MODEMS; NAVIGATION; ORBITS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; SATELLITES; SIMULATORS; VECTORS;

LOW EARTH ORBIT (LEO); REAL-TIME NAVIGATION; SIGNAL SIMULATORS; SPACECRAFT FORMATION FLYING;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 15744385648     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.7474     Document Type: Article

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