The attitude tracking control problem of uncertain rigid spacecraft without
angular velocity measurements is addressed in this paper. The adaptive con
trol law, which incorporates a velocity-generating filter from attitude mea
surements, is shown to ensure the asymptotic convergence of the attitude an
d angular velocity tracking errors despite unknown spacecraft inertia. Simu
lation results are presented to illustrate the theoretical results. (C) 200
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