Enhanced stellar attitude determination system

Data processing: vehicles – navigation – and relative location – Vehicle control – guidance – operation – or indication – Aeronautical vehicle

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ABSTRACT:
Spacecraft attitude is efficiently controlled by utilizing spatial noise and temporal noise in the calculation of gains to a Kalman filter. Spatial noise is modeled in a dynamic fashion so as to provide optimal spatial noise attenuation.

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