On the Coupling of Orbit and Attitude Determination of Satellite Formations from Atmospheric Drag: Observability and Estimation Performance

Spacecraft orbit and attitude dynamics have been classically seen as two separated<br/>subjects, since the effect of attitude in orbit dynamics was deemed too small to be<br/>considered, or simply, modeled as noise in the estimation process for most satellites.<br/>In the eighties, a study by [1] showed that for a very large spacecraft,...