The architecture, capabilities, and testing of the Advanced Star and Target Reference Optical Sensor (ASTROS) I and II are described. The ASTROS I tracker is to be utilized for a UV telescope experiment on a Shuttle flight and is capable of measuring pointing errors of 1.5 microrad, and the ASTROS II tracker is being developed for the Mariner Mark II spacecraft to perform tracking, guiding, and optical navigation functions. The requirements for the two trackers are compared. Consideration is given to star and target tracking, optical navigation, and mass and power constraints. The compositions of the trackers, in particular the sensor, electrode drives, amplifiers and signal clamp, video signal processor, control and timing generator, memories, microprocessor, and interface, are examined.


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    Title :

    ASTROS - High-performance CCD tracker for spacecraft


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    Publication date :

    1986-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    Language :

    English




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