MRAD: Modified Rodrigues Vector Attitude Determination

Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 383-390

  Bruccoleri, Christian ^a   Mortari, Daniele ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KALMAN FILTERS; OPTIMIZATION; VECTORS;

MODIFIED RODRIGUES VECTOR; QUATERNION ALGORITHM; STATE VECTOR;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 34548179011     PISSN: 00219142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03256496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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