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The operational feasibility of orbit and attitude determination for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (SMS/GEOS) using only imagery dataExperimental results from three evaluation periods on three geostationary spacecraft (SMS-2, GOES-1, and GOES-2) are presented. It is shown that using existing landmark extraction and identification techniques (1) for east geostationary spacecraft, a high quality orbit and attitude state is maintained with imagery data only, and (2) for west geostationary spacecraft, a high quality orbit and attitude state is recovered with imagery data only in approximately seven days.
Document ID
19790005960
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mack, E.
(National Environmental Satellite Service Washington, DC, United States)
Jurotich, M.
(National Environmental Satellite Service Washington, DC, United States)
Remondi, B.
(National Environmental Satellite Service Washington, DC, United States)
Date Acquired
August 10, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1978
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Flight Mechanics(Estimation Theory Symp.
Subject Category
Astrodynamics
Accession Number
79N14131
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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