Pointing requirements for spaceborne scientific instruments are getting progressively more stringent. At the same time the instruments are likely to fly in an increasingly disturbance rich environment characterized by large basebody and instrument to instrument dynamic interactions. It is not clear that current state-of-the-art pointing technology will be able to adequately address the needs of the mid 1990's. Design options to meet these needs are suggested herein including an innovative 'softmount' concept. The advantages of the softmount approach as compared to the traditional gimbal architecture are illustrated through a planar stability and disturbance response analysis.


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    Title :

    Future payload isolation and pointing system technology


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    PLANS ''84 - Position Location and Navigation Symposium ; 1984 ; San Diego, CA


    Publication date :

    1984-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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