Celestial Aspect Sensor System.
Abstract
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)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 20, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA022672
Entities
People
- Henry A. Miranda Jr.
- John Dulchinos
- Russell G. Steeves