Attitude determination of a spacecraft using a vertical sensor

1Tkachenko, AI
1International Research and Training Center for Information Technologies and Systems of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Space Sci.&Technol. 2016, 22 ;(2):22-28
https://doi.org/10.15407/knit2016.02.022
Publication Language: Russian
Abstract: 
We show a possibility of a spacecraft attitude determination using the only source of information — a local vertical reference frame — in a condition of the vehicle’s angular stabilization by means of considerable control torques.
Keywords: angular stabilization, attitude determination, orbital gyrocompass, spacecraft, vertical sensor
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