Methods and systems of attitude determination
US5583508A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 1990 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S5/0247
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The attitude of a body 12 is determined, or refined, by illuminating it with a direct beam and one or more indirect beams which are reflected from a scattering surface SS, all of the beams being radiated from the same or adjacent sources. The directions of arrival of the beams are determined to allow the attitude to be determined or refined.
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