An electro-optical attitude transfer system was developed to monitor the angular orientation of magnetometers deployed at the end of a 20-foot boom extending outboard from the Magsat spacecraft. One autocollimator monitors pitch and yaw attitude, cooperating with a plane mirror at the end of the boom; a second monitors roll (twist) from an offset look-angle, using one dihedral reflector at the boom end and a second on the spacecraft. RMS errors due to all causes including linearity, G-forces, cross-coupling and translation are estimated to be 3.9 arcsec over + or - 180 arcsec excursion in pitch and yaw, and 5.3 to 7.5 arcsec over + or - 300 arcsec roll. Design and fabrication problems relative to the remote dihedral refector proved to be the most challenging, and solutions to these problems will be described.
A three-axis angular monitoring system for the magnetic field satellite /MAGSAT/ mission
Seminar on Optical alignment ; 1980 ; San Diego, CA
01.01.1980
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