Title :
On reentry vehicle tracking in various coordinate systems
Author :
Fitzgerald, Robert J.
Author_Institution :
Raytheon Company, Bedford, MA, USA
fDate :
10/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Some simulation results are presented to demonstrate difficulties which may arise in choosing initialization procedures and prediction algorithms for reentry vehicle (RV) tracking filters operating in various coordinate systems.
Keywords :
Kalman filtering; Radar signal processing; Radar tracking; Space-vehicle reentry; Tracking; Coordinate measuring machines; Ellipsoids; Filters; Monte Carlo methods; Phased arrays; Position measurement; Prediction algorithms; Predictive models; Radar tracking; Vehicles;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.1974.1100653
