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Spin-axis attitude estimation is examined in a manner analogous to the study of three-axis attitude estimation. Measurement modeling issues are given careful consideration, as are those of representation, frame, and constraint. Three approaches to spin-axis attitude estimation are presented and compared numerically. A thorough covariance analysis of all algorithms is performed.

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  1. Analytical Graphics, Inc., 220 Valley Creek Blvd., Exton, Pennsylvania, 19341, USA

    Sergei Tanygin (Senior Astrodynamics Specialist)

  2. Acme Spacecraft Company, 13017 Wisteria Drive, Box 328, Germantown, Maryland, 20874, USA

    Malcolm D. Shuster (Director of Research)

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You’re like really so spinning (lit. crazy)! / You’re like really so whacked! / You’re like really so spinning! / You’re really spinning to the max! (based on an ancient ballad, modern free translation into Valspeak by the second author). Before becoming a leading European rock band, the “princes” were all members of the choir of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, whose most illustrious choirmaster and organist was Johann Sebastian Bach

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Tanygin, S., Shuster, M.D. Spin-axis attitude estimation. J of Astronaut Sci 55, 107–139 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03256517

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