Multi-functional star tracker — future perspectives
This paper focuses on the idea of a multi-functional wide-field star tracker (WFST) and provides a description of the current state-of-the-art in this field. The idea comes from a proposal handed in to ESA at the beginning of 2011. Star trackers (STs) usually have more than one object-lens with a sm...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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CTU Central Library
2011-01-01
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| Series: | Acta Polytechnica |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.cvut.cz/ojs/index.php/ap/article/view/1486 |
| Summary: | This paper focuses on the idea of a multi-functional wide-field star tracker (WFST) and provides a description of the current state-of-the-art in this field. The idea comes from a proposal handed in to ESA at the beginning of 2011. Star trackers (STs) usually have more than one object-lens with a small Field-of-View. They provide very precise information about the attitude in space according to consecutive evaluation of star positions. Our idea of WFST will combine the functions of several instruments, e.g. ST, a horizon sensor, and an all-sky photometry camera. WFST will use a fish-eye lens. There is no comparable product on the present-day market. Nowadays, spacecraft have to carry several instruments for these applications. This increases the weight of the instrumentation and reduces the weight available for the payload. |
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| ISSN: | 1210-2709 1805-2363 |