Each subassembly, design analysis, and final calibration data on all assemblies for the Panormic Attitude Sensor (PAS) are described. The PAS is used for course attitude determination on the International Ultraviolet Explorer Spacecraft (IUE). The PAS contains a sun sensor which is sensitive only to the sun's radiation and a mechanically scanned sensor which is sensitive to the earth, moon, and the sun. The signals from these two sensors are encoded and sent back in the telemetry data stream to determine the spacecraft attitude.


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    Title :

    Panoramic attitude sensor


    Contributors:
    Meek, I. C. (author)

    Publication date :

    1976-12-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English