Attitude determination of a three-axis stabilized spacecraft using star sensors

The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the application of a six-state discrete Kalman filter for estimates of angular rates based solely on star sensor data. The satellite is in a Molnyia orbit where orbital angular velocity and orbital angular acceleration are predetermined and stored in the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vogt, Jay D.
Other Authors: Titus, Harold A.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/13482