This paper presents an overview of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Attitude Control System along with detailed in-flight performance results of the TRMM Mission mode. The TRMM spacecraft is an Earth-pointed, zero momentum bias satellite launched on November 27, 1997 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the National Space Development Agency of Japan designed to monitor and study tropical rainfall and the associated release of energy. Prior to calibration, the spacecraft attitude showed larger Sun sensor yaw updates than expected. This was traced to not just sensor misalignment but also to a misalignment between the two heads within each Sun sensor. In order to avoid alteration of the flight software, Sun sensor transfer function coefficients were determined to minimize the error due to head misalignment. This paper describes the design, on-orbit checkout, calibration and performance of the TRMM Mission Mode with respect to the mission level requirements.


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    Title :

    On-Orbit Performance of the TRMM Mission Mode


    Contributors:
    B. Robertson (author) / S. Placanica (author) / W. Morgenstern (author) / J. A. Hashmall (author) / J. Glickman (author)

    Publication date :

    1999


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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