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Satellite Attitude Prediction

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Attitude prediction of spacecraft is an important area in space flight requiring rapid and accurate methods of computation. We will now present an elaborate application in space flight to illustrate the computational benefits of asymptotic solutions. The application involves the attitude prediction of satellites orbiting the earth and is based on [1–3].

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Ramnath, R.V. (2012). Satellite Attitude Prediction. In: Computation and Asymptotics. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25749-0_7

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