Magnetometer-only attitude determination using novel two-step kalman filter approach

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1693-1701

  Searcy, Jason D ^a   Pernicka, Henry J ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; ORBITS;

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; FILTERING PROBLEMS; MAGNETIC FIELD DATA; MAGNETIC FIELD VECTORS; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SATELLITE MISSION; SPACECRAFT ATTITUDE;

KALMAN FILTERS;

EID: 84868381948     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.57344     Document Type: Article

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