Optimal Orbit Determination∗
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چکیده
Existing definitions for optimal orbit determination are not satisfactory. Any useful definition must explicitly address questions relating to sequential processing, linearization, performance function and its extremalization, state estimate structure completeness, use of physics in applicable stochastic processes, and criteria for validation. Such a definition is presented.
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