Decentralized estimation algorithms for formation flying spacecraft

AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Ferguson, Philip ^a   How, Jonathan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAVIGATION; ORBITS; SPACE FLIGHT;

COMPUTATIONAL LOADS; DECENTRALIZED ESTIMATION; FORMATION FLYING SPACECRAFT; GPS MEASUREMENTS; NAVIGATION ALGORITHMS; RANGE MEASUREMENTS; REDUCED-ORDER FILTER; RELATIVE NAVIGATION;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 85088185555     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-5442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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