Problems in Estimation Theory with Applications to Orbit Determination

Abstract

Several problems in estimation theory with current application interest to orbit determination are treated in the report. Although much of the material covered has general application, the important specific of interplanetary orbit determination is given special emphasis and is used throughout to provide context and to obtain numerical results. Topics covered include: modeling the errors in the navigation measurements, describing the navigation measurements compactly in terms of the unknown parameters, and describing the estimation accuracy in a variety of poorly modeled situations. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0755802

Entities

People

  • David W. Curkendall

Organizations

  • University of California, Los Angeles

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Algorithms
  • Computational Science
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Science
  • Doppler Systems
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Information Science
  • Linear Systems
  • Measurement
  • Navigation
  • Random Variables
  • Spacecraft
  • Stationary Processes
  • Stochastic Processes

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris