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% Transformation matrix from the perifocal frame to the inertial frame.
Since version 1.
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Form:
c = CP2I( i, L, w )
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Inputs
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i (3,1) Inclination (rad)
L (3,1) Longitude of the ascending node (rad)
w (3,1) Argument of perigee (rad)
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Outputs
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c (3,3) Transformation matrix
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References: Bate, Roger R., Fundamentals of Astrodynamics, Dover
Publications, Inc., New York, 1971, pp. 82-83.
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