Navigation in Space by X-ray Pulsars

• Main Authors: Emadzadeh, Amir Abbas (Author), Speyer, Jason Lee (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Control engineering.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Control.

This monograph on different aspects of utilizing X-ray pulsars for navigation of spacecraft in space contains two unique features. First, it provides a solid mathematical formulation for the absolute and relative navigation problems based on use of X-ray pulsar measurements. Second, it presents a co...