Magnetic-only orbit and attitude estimation using the Square-Root Unscented Kalman Filter: Application to the PROBA-2 spacecraft

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Côté, Jimmy ^a   De Lafontaine, Jean ^a  

^a NGC AEROSPACE LTD   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ERRORS; KALMAN FILTERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPACECRAFT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATTITUDE ESTIMATION; CRITICAL FUNCTIONS; EARTH MAGNETIC FIELDS; FLIGHT TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATORS; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; SOFTWARE SIMULATOR; SQUARE ROOT UNSCENTED KALMAN FILTER;

ORBITS;

EID: 78651105855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-6293     Document Type: Conference Paper

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