High-accuracy on-board attitude estimation for the GMES sentinel-2 satellite: Concept, design, and first results

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Winkler, S ^a,b   Wiedermann, G ^a,b   Gockel, W ^a,c  

^a AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE   (Germany)

^b AOCS GNC and Flight Dynamics   (United States)

^c Navigation and Science   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; EARTH (PLANET); GYROSCOPES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ORBITS; SATELLITES; SPACE APPLICATIONS; STARS;

ATTITUDE ACCURACY; ATTITUDE AND ORBIT CONTROL SYSTEMS; ATTITUDE ESTIMATION; DESIGN STRATEGIES; EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITES; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; INERTIAL MEASUREMENT UNIT; STATE AUGMENTATION;

STAR TRACKERS;

EID: 78651111567     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-7482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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