Arrangement combines acquisition and gate functions and reduces sensitivity so that attitude control is effective regardless of changes in solar intensity. There are five photoconductive detectors all electrically interconnected. Detectors are so positioned that, regardless of spacecraft orientation at any instant of interest, at least one detector is illuminated.
Combined sun-acquisition and sun gate-sensor system for spacecraft attitude control
1974-01-01
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