Optical equipments play an important role in spacecraft technology. A key issue in considering the utilization of optical equipments in space is the cost of the space system. In general, space‐based equipments require high cost and large size areas. Once satellites are launched it is difficult to repair them, therefore space‐based equipments need to be designed to be very reliable which incurs high costs. Moreover, there is a tendency to avoid new devices in designing space‐based equipments, as a result many devices are outdated and perform poorly. Commercial off‐the‐shelf (COTS) devices are preferable due to their low cost, small size, ease of use, and high‐quality performance. In this chapter, the possibility of the utilization of COTS devices as optical equipment for space‐based architecture is discussed.
Optical Space Equipments Using Commercial Off‐the‐Shelf Devices
Optical Payloads for Space Missions ; 783-792
2015-12-10
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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