Determination of spherical test mass kinematics with modular gravitational reference sensor

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1700-1707

  Conklin, John W ^a,b   Allen, Graham ^a   Sun, Ke Xun ^a,c   DeBra, Daniel B ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; GRAVITY WAVES; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPACECRAFT; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; GEOMETRIC VARIATIONS; GRAVITATIONAL REFERENCE SENSORS; GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE DETECTION; INERTIAL NAVIGATIONS; MODULAR DESIGNS; SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE; TEST MASS DYNAMICS;

TESTING;

EID: 57149143542     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.34230     Document Type: Article

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