Low-Cost Space Structure (LCSS) Experiment. Volume I of II.
Abstract
The Low-Cost Space Structure (LCSS) experiment was a two-year Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) technology program to develop the concept for a small, lightweight, space-borne optical imaging system. The goals of the program were to formulate the concept design of a sparse array optical imaging system and the supporting satellite and to validate the concept in a laboratory demonstration. The results are described in this final report. They show that a high-resolution imaging system based on this concept can be fielded in space at a small fraction of the cost of systems with similar capabilities. The laboratory effort demonstrated high precision and medium bandwidth closed-loop control for the tilt and piston simultaneously. Commercial spin-off applications were identified for the track processor developed for the breadboard experiments. Space imaging, space structures, sparse apertures, optical controls
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1996
- Accession Number
- ADB214765
Entities
People
- David Deyoung
- Lawrence Robertson Iii