A technology experiment on the X-ray Timing Explorer spacecraft to determine the feasibility of Interferometric Fiber Optic Gyroscopes for space flight navigation is described. The experiment consists of placing a medium grade fiber optic gyroscope in parallel with the spacecraft's inertial reference unit. The performance of the fiber optic gyroscope will be monitored and compared to the primary mechanical gyroscope's performance throughout the two-year mission life.


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    Titel :

    NASA's First in-Space Optical Gyroscope: A Technology Experiment on the X ray Timing Explorer Spacecraft


    Beteiligte:
    G. Unger (Autor:in) / D. M. Kaufman (Autor:in) / M. Krainak (Autor:in) / G. Sanders (Autor:in) / B. Taylor (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1993


    Format / Umfang :

    7 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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