STUDY OF MULTI-FUNCTION SENSORS FOR GUIDANCE SUBSYSTEMS.

Abstract

The purpose of the program is the ultimate development of multi-function sensors for spacevehicle guidance and navigation. Experimental and analytical investigations of the extension of the GPL area correlation technique from terrain matching to simultaneous star field and beacon tracking in the context of a space rendezvous mission were conducted. It was indicated that the extension was a feasible one. Simultaneous (dual-mode) star field and beacon tracking was successfully demonstrated in the laboratory. A development program for a feasibility model to be tested against a real star is recommended as the next step in the achievement of a multifunction sensor capable of terrain matching and simultaneous star field and beacon tracking. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0425224

Entities

People

  • A. A. Miccioli

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Correlation Techniques
  • Data Science
  • Dual Mode
  • Guidance
  • Information Science
  • Navigation
  • Rendezvous
  • Space Navigation
  • Space Rendezvous

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.
  • Software Engineering
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers