Effect of nonlinearities on orbit covariance propagation

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited === This thesis will examine the effect of nonlinearities on the propagation of orbit uncertainties in order to gain insight into the accurateness of the estimation of covariance with time. Many real-world applications rely on a first-order appr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McLeod, Christopher W.
Other Authors: Alfriend, Kyle T.
Published: Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37675