Line-of-sight pointing stability for "Drifting" satellites

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 504-510

  Kumar, Krishna ^a   Kumar, K D ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

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EID: 23744512422     PISSN: 00189251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7.766932     Document Type: Article

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