Celestial aspect sensor system
By: Russell G. Steeves, Henry A. Miranda, John Dulchinos
Contributors: Miranda, Henry A.; Dulchinos, John
Series: Instrumentation Papers -- no. 242; Instrumentation papers -- no. 242
Publisher: United States Air Force, Air Force Systems Command, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Aerospace Instrumentation Laboratory
Published: 1975
Place of publication: Bedford, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
Subjects: Payloads; Rockets (Aeronautics); Control systems; Payload control; Attitude control
Description: A system was developed to determine rocket payload attitude with respect to a star field. The system operates under day or night conditions; it gives attitude within 0.1 deg updated 10 times/sec. It relays this information via a digital bit stream, requiring less than 4 kHz of telemetry bandwidth. The system is capable of detecting stars of +3 1/2 magnitude and is relatively immune to airglow, zodiacal light, or uniform background lighting. (Author).
Notes: "AFCRL-TR-75-0596."

"Aerospace Instrumentation Laboratory Project 7659."

"20 November 1975."

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