Autonomous spacecraft orbit determination using the magnetic field and attitude information

Advances in the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 92, Issue , 1996, Pages 69-81

  Ketchum, Eleanor ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3242836365     PISSN: 00653438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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