Kombiniertes Erd-Sternsensorsystem und Verfahren zur Bahn- und Lagebestimmung von Raumflugkörpern

• Main Authors: DIEHL, HERMANN, ZINNER, HELMUT, GOTTZEIN, EVELYNE, PLATZ, WILLI
• Format: Patent
• Language: German
• Published: 08.11.2007
• Subjects: AIRCRAFT; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES; AVIATION; CONTROLLING; COSMONAUTICS; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; MEASURING; MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; NAVIGATION; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY; PHYSICS; RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; REGULATING; SURVEYING; SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VEHICLES OR EQUIPMENT THEREFOR

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