Orbital parameter estimation using an extended Kalman filter
By: Daniel J. Brett
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School; Available from the National Technical Information Service
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Monterey, Calif; Springfield, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
Description: The problem of orbital parameter estimation using angles only observations is examined. Direction cosine measurements, obtained from satellite passage of an earth-based stationary planar radar beam, are assimilated by an extended Kalman filter to improve estimates of a classical orbital element set. Several progressively comprehensive orbital motion models are considered and compared. The relative effectiveness of these models is illustrated by applying them to actual satellite data...
Notes: Dissertation supervisor(s): Harold Titus.

"December 1992."

Dissertation (Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering) Naval Postgraduate School, December 1992.

Includes bibliographical references.

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