End-to-End Control System Verification of the STARLAB Experiment,

Abstract

This paper describes an electro-optical tracking and beam control system simulation used to analyze the performance for the space shuttle based STARLAB experiment hardware. STARLAB is to provide an on orbit demonstration of acquisition, tracking and pointing (ATP) techniques critical to strategic defense directed energy concepts. In particular, a target booster will be optically tracked from launch to re-entry. This rocket will be instrumented to "score'1 how accurately a laser beam can be pointed by the experiment. This paper focuses on techniques used to predict on-orbit performance based on laboratory testing and simulations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 03, 1990
Accession Number
ADA339434

Entities

People

  • Dan Herrick
  • Jack Rodden
  • Paul Shirley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Focal Planes
  • Guidance
  • Laser Beams
  • Line Of Sight
  • Optical Tracking
  • Orbits
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Simulations
  • Space Shuttles

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space
  • Space - Space Objects