Orbit determination using the geomagnetic field measurement via the unscented kalman filter

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 246-253

  Roh, Kyoung Min ^a,b   Park, Sang Young ^a,b,c   Choi, Kyu Hong ^a,b,c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Astrodynamics and Control Laboratory   (South Korea)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; ORBITS;

MAGNETIC FIELD SATELLITE (MAGSAT); ORBIT DETERMINATION;

KALMAN FILTERS;

EID: 33947132711     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.23693     Document Type: Article

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