A Least Square Attitude Solution

Abstract

A method of determining the orientation of the axis of a missile in flight is presented. Several solutions to this problem have evolved for the case of two stations where there is no overdetermination of the parameters. If it is desirable to use data from more than two stations there is an overdetermination of the orientation of the missile axis and some adjustment procedure must be used. The solution presented is a least square procedure developed to solve this problem.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 10, 1952
Accession Number
AD0801730

Entities

People

  • George R. Trimble Jr.

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Applied Mathematics
  • California
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Free Flight
  • Line Of Sight
  • Maryland
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • Ordnance Laboratories

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Naval Engineering and Maritime Security
  • Operations Research
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.