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The possibility of identification of motion parameters of a low-orbit spacecraft using readings of a three-axis magnetometer and solar position sensor, without integration of the Euler’s dynamic equations or direct measurement of the object’s angular velocity, is considered.
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Original Russian Text © A.I. Tkachenko, 2009, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2009, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 363–370.
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Tkachenko, A.I. An alternative algorithm for the spacecraft information system with magnetometer and solar sensor. Cosmic Res 47, 330–336 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S001095250904008X
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