• DocumentCode
    815565
  • Title

    On reentry vehicle tracking in various coordinate systems

  • Author

    Fitzgerald, Robert J.

  • Author_Institution
    Raytheon Company, Bedford, MA, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1974
  • fDate
    10/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    581
  • Lastpage
    582
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9286
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAC.1974.1100653
  • Filename
    1100653