Satellite autonomous orbit determination based on magnetometers and sun sensors

Yuhang Xuebao/Journal of Astronautics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 919-923

  Xie, Xiang Hua ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Zhang, Jing ^a  

^a Shanghai Engineering Center for Micro Satellite   (China)

Author keywords

Extended Kalman filter; Micro satellite; Orbit determination

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS ORBIT DETERMINATION; DIRECTION VECTOR; EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER ALGORITHM; MICRO SATELLITE; ORBIT MODELS; POSITION VECTOR; SIMULATION RESULT; SUN SENSOR; VELOCITY VECTORS;

EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; POSITION CONTROL; SATELLITES; SENSORS; SUN; VECTORS;

ORBITS;

EID: 70249091079     PISSN: 10001328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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