Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / Design Center of the Naval Postgraduate School. The objective of this simulator is to provide on-the-ground simulation of the dynamics and control of spacecraft for high precision Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing applications associated with space based laser relay. The required initial attitude determination accuracy for the Bifocal Relay Mirror test-bed is 10 æ-radians. Normally, in laboratories where very high initial attitude knowledge is required, actual (space qualified) star trackers are incorporated into the testbed design. This is not possible at NPS as the laboratory does not have a skylight to allow visual access to the stars, and the photosensitive nature of many of the experiments would make such an opening inconvenient. Since it is critical to the operation of the testbed to provide accurate attitude knowledge, a substitute system was required. The present thesis documents the development of a new attitude sensor capable of providing attitude information within the required 10æ-radians (within a field of view of the order of 1 deg). The concepts leading up to the final design, the testing and selection of the equipment used in the final configuration, and a detailed explanation of how the final system calibration was performed are discussed in detail. / Lieutenant, United States Navy
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nps.edu/oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/1173 |
| Date | 06 1900 |
| Creators | Connolly, Brian D. |
| Contributors | Agrawal, Brij, Romano, Marcello, Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)., Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering |
| Publisher | Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
| Source Sets | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | xiv, 103 p. : ill. (some col.) ;, application/pdf |
| Rights | This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. |
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