A certain common notion in the theory of spatial inertial navigation
Abstract
The paper examines the currently popular notion that spatial inertial navigation has inherent faults that are not related to the accuracy of inertial instruments. This notion is commonly illustrated by an example purporting to show the lack of reliability in determinations of flight vehicle location. It is shown here that the example in question, which involves the vertical takeoff of a rocket from an earth pole, is based on erroneous assumptions.
- Publication:
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Moskovskii Universitet Vestnik Seriia Matematika Mekhanika
- Pub Date:
- April 1985
- Bibcode:
- 1985MVSMM.......67S
- Keywords:
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- Inertial Navigation;
- Instrument Errors;
- Navigation Instruments;
- Space Navigation;
- Celestial Mechanics;
- Error Analysis;
- Position Errors;
- Vertical Takeoff;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking