Precision Digi-Optics Star Sensor

William Adler

doi:10.1117/12.953465

18 June 1971 Precision Digi-Optics Star Sensor

William Adler

Proceedings Volume 0023, Optical Tracking Systems; (1971) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953465
Event: Optical Tracking Systems, 1971, El Paso, United States

Abstract

The telescope of the most common form of gimbaled star tracker is aimed to encompass a target star within its field of view, and then servo-controlled to point its optical axis precisely at the star. The servo error signals, representing angular separation between telescope optical axis and star line of sight, must be reduced to negligible values before star coordinate data can be extracted.

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William Adler "Precision Digi-Optics Star Sensor", Proc. SPIE 0023, Optical Tracking Systems, (18 June 1971); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.953465

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