ANALYSIS OF THE APPLICATION OF IMAGEFORMING PHOTOSENSORS TO WIDE FIELD- OF-VIEW DAYLIGHT STAR TRACKERS

Abstract

The report analyzes the performance limitations of wide field-of-view (approximately one degree by one degree) daylight startracking systems employing image-forming photosensors. The startracker was assumed to be an alignment reference for an inertial guidance system. Assumed system parameters are general enough to make results applicable to both air-and missile-borne applications, and to unrestricted operating altitudes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 20, 1964
Accession Number
AD0604589

Entities

People

  • Bartley F. Conroy

Organizations

  • Honeywell International, Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Camera Tubes
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • False Alarms
  • Guidance
  • Image Orthicons
  • Image Tubes
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Navigation
  • Photodetectors
  • Processing Equipment
  • Quantum Yields
  • Radiation
  • Signal Processing
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Systems Analysis and Design