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Koumpis, Nikolaos (author)Attitude estimation is one of the basic processes of the attitude and orbit control system hosted by every satellite. The spacecraft should be orientated properly during the orbit, according to the mission objectives. The estimation is based on a plethora of sensors, like rate gyroscopes, star trackers, sun and earth sensors, magnetometers (for...master thesis 2020
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Maene, Jochim (author)The past decade has seen a continuous increase of Earth observation missions, since they are regarded as an important tool to address global problems such as climate change or disaster mitigation. A commercial trend exists now towards higher resolution imagery, which drives the use of agile satellites. Nevertheless, a disadvantage of agile...master thesis 2019
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Petersen, Co (author)The most common operational measure in aviation to reduce the effect of environmental noise pollution is noise abatement procedures. Noise abatement procedures are recommended flying techniques based on noise optimal trajectories, which aim at reducing the noise impact on local communities as much as possible. Atmospheric...master thesis 2018
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Kaushik Radhakrishnan, Kaushik (author)In the year 2050, global anthropogenic radiative forcing from aircraft emissions are projected to increase significantly. Recent studies have considered climate optimized flight trajectories to be a promising measure to mitigate non-CO2 emissions’ environmental impact, which is highly sensitive to locus and time of emissions. Estimating the...master thesis 2018
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De Jong, J.W. (author)In this thesis a problem of determining the optimal pacing strategy to minimize travel time is considered. The problem is restricted to a straight race track with constant slope and rolling resistance, and no headwind. It is expressed as an optimal control problem that can be solved using Pontryagin's Maximum Principle. The control variable is...master thesis 2015