Algorithms for attitude determination using gps

1997 Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages 841-851

  Bar Itzhack, Itzhack Y ^a,c   Montgomery, Paul Y ^b   Garrick, Joseph C ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; COST FUNCTIONS; COSTS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; ITERATIVE METHODS; NUMBER THEORY; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SOLUTION MINING;

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; ATTITUDE PARAMETER; CARTESIAN COORDINATE SYSTEM; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE MEASUREMENTS; INTEGER AMBIGUITY; ITERATIVE SOLUTIONS; PLANAR ANTENNA ARRAYS; VECTOR MEASUREMENTS;

PHASE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84959157622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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