Quaternion attitude determination algorithms based on vector measurements are proposed. The projections of the normalized vectors in the reference and the body-fixed coordinate systems are assumed to be known. The task is to determine the quaternion of rotation of the body-fixed coordinate system relative to the reference coordinate system. The accuracies of the proposed algorithms and the QUEST algorithm are compared. It is shown that the proposed algorithms are practically equivalent in terms of attitude determination accuracy.
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Translated from Prikladnaya Mekhanika, Vol. 57, No. 5, pp. 140–144, September–October 2021.
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Ryzhkov, L.M. Quaternion Attitude Determination by Vector Measurement. Int Appl Mech 57, 613–617 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10778-021-01111-4
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