Horizon-sensing sextant measures the altitude of an orbiting spacecraft without gravitational reference by optically measuring the dip angle to the horizon along a line of sight in each of two planes. The sextant scans over a relatively limited field of view.


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    Title :

    Sextant measures spacecraft altitude without gravitational reference


    Publication date :

    1966-04-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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