Research progress of polarized skylight navigation

Yuhang Xuebao/Journal of Astronautics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 409-414

  Zhou, Jun ^a   Liu, Ying Ying ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attitude determination; Autonomous navigation; Polarized light

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; AUTONOMOUS NAVIGATION; BASIC PRINCIPLES; MOVING VEHICLES; NAVIGATION IN FORMATION; ORBIT INFORMATION; POLARIZATION PATTERNS; POLARIZED LIGHT; RESEARCH ISSUES; RESEARCH PROGRESS; SATELLITE NAVIGATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL SPACE;

ANIMALS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION; RESEARCH; SHIPS; WINDOWS;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 70249089049     PISSN: 10001328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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