The technology satellite designated X4, due for launch in 1974, will carry into orbit a 3-axis attitude control system and a number of sensors, one of which will be an experimental Canopus star sensor, which will enable the spacecraft to be attitude stabilised within such a reference frame. The report describes the Canopus star sensor and its role in the stabilisation of the spacecraft, with respect to the sun and the star Canopus. It will also describe briefly the modes of operation performed by the spacecraft to check the parameters of the sensor and enable subsidiary experiments to be carried out by the sensor during the mission. (Author)


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    Title :

    An Experimental Canopus Star Sensor


    Contributors:
    P. Haskell (author)

    Publication date :

    1972


    Size :

    31 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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