Recent flight results of the TRMM kalman filter

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Andrews, Stephen F ^a   Bilanow, Stephen ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED KALMAN FILTERS; ORBITS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPACE FLIGHT; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ATTITUDE DETERMINATION; ATTITUDE DETERMINATION ALGORITHMS; EARTH SENSOR; EXTENDED KALMAN FILTER ALGORITHM; ORBIT ALTITUDE; PITCH ATTITUDE; SOFTWARE CHANGE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS;

RAIN GAGES;

EID: 85088181581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-5047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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