Application of the Kalman Filter to Estimate the State of an Aerobraking Maneuver

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Description</td><td align="center">Value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Apogee altitude (km)</td><td align="center">1000</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Perigee altitude (km)</td><td align="center">120</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Eccentricity</td><td align="center">0.0634</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Inclination (degrees)</td><td align="center">1</td></tr><tr><td align="left">RAAN<sup>1</sup> (degrees)</td><td align="center">200</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Perigee argument (degrees)</td><td align="center">10</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Mean anomaly (degrees)</td><td align="center">180</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><svg height="15.8375" id="M43" style="vertical-align:-0.0pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 6.4625001 15.8375" width="6.4625001" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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Table 1: Application of the Kalman Filter to Estimate the State of an Aerobraking Maneuver 