A SURVEY OF ATTITUDE REPRESENTATIONS

Authors
SHUSTER MD
Citation
Md. Shuster, A SURVEY OF ATTITUDE REPRESENTATIONS, The Journal of the astronautical sciences, 41(4), 1993, pp. 439-517
Citations number
172
Categorie Soggetti
Aerospace Engineering & Tecnology
Journal title
The Journal of the astronautical sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219142
Volume
41
Issue
4
Year of publication
1993
Pages
439 - 517
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9142(1993)41:4<439:ASOAR>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
A survey of the attitude representations is given in a single consiste nt notation and set of conventions. The relations between the various representations of the attitude, and the kinematic equations are given completely. The transformations connecting different attitude covaria nce representations are presented for the case where the errors in the attitude are sufficiently small that they can be represented by an in finitesimal rotation. Examples of the use of each representation are p resented and some historical notes provided.