Attitude determination aided by polarized-light and gravity

Yuhang Xuebao/Journal of Astronautics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1087-1095

  Li, Ming Ming ^a   Lu, Hong Qian ^a   Wang, Zhen Kai ^a   Huang, Xian Lin ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Attitude estimation; Gravity vector; Integrated navigation; Observation equation; Polarized light navigation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION; ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; ATTITUDE DETERMINATION METHODS; ATTITUDE ERROR; ATTITUDE ESTIMATION; GRAVITY VECTORS; INTEGRATED NAVIGATION; INTEGRATED NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION METHODS; NAVIGATION TASKS; OBSERVATION EQUATION; PHYSICAL MEANINGS; SOLAR DIRECTION;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; SPACE FLIGHT;

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84867153038     PISSN: 10001328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3873/j.issn.1000-1328.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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