GEOMETRIC ATTITUDE DETERMINATION USING VECTOR MEASUREMENTS

GEOMETRIC ATTITUDE DETERMINATION USING VECTOR MEASUREMENTS

L. M. Ryzhkov

 

Abstract

The geometric algorithms of attitude determination using vector measurements are suggested.Matrix or quaternion algebras are not used. The comparison with algorithm QUEST is fulfilled

Keywords

Attitude determination; algorithm

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