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Attitude Determination

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Springer Handbook of Global Navigation Satellite Systems

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Zusammenfassung

Attitude estimation is the process of determining the spatial orientation of an object. A system formed by multiple Global Navigation Satellite System (GlossaryTerm

GNSS

) antennas placed at known relative positions acts as an attitude sensor. This chapter provides an overview of practical applications of GNSS-based attitude determination, gives the principles of attitude representation and estimation, and reviews a constrained ambiguity resolution method to reliably fix the carrier-phase integer ambiguities and obtain precise attitude estimations.

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Abbreviations

DD:

double-difference

ECEF:

Earth-centered Earth-fixed

GNSS:

global navigation satellite system

GPS:

Global Positioning System

ILS:

integer least-squares

IMU:

inertial measurement unit

INS:

inertial navigation system

ISS:

International Space Station

LAMBDA:

least-squares ambiguity decorrelation adjustment

LEO:

low Earth orbit

MEMS:

micro-electromechanical system

NASA:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

PMF:

probability mass function

RMS:

root mean square

SD:

single-difference

UAV:

unmanned aerial vehicle

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Giorgi, G. (2017). Attitude Determination. In: Teunissen, P.J., Montenbruck, O. (eds) Springer Handbook of Global Navigation Satellite Systems. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42928-1_27

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