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Autonomous orbit determination and timekeeping in lunar distant retrograde orbits by observing X-ray pulsars

Jiangkai Liu, Wenbin Wang, Hao Zhang, Leizheng Shu and Yang Gao
NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation December 2021, 68 (4) 687-708; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/navi.451

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Jiangkai Liu, Wenbin Wang, Hao Zhang, Leizheng Shu, Yang Gao
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