35 citations · 63 across the 2 of their papers we have counts for
2 papers
astro-ph.IM2016★ 28 cited
Low-Earth Orbit Determination from Gravity Gradient Measurements
Xiucong Sun, Pei Chen, Christophe Macabiau +1
An innovative orbit determination method which makes use of gravity gradients for Low-Earth-Orbiting satellites is proposed. The measurement principle of gravity gradiometry is bri…
astro-ph.IM2016★ 35 cited
Autonomous Orbit Determination via Kalman Filtering of Gravity Gradients
Xiucong Sun, Pei Chen, Christophe Macabiau +1
Spaceborne gravity gradients are proposed in this paper to provide autonomous orbit determination capabilities for near Earth satellites. The gravity gradients contain useful posit…