Operation and performance of a second generation, solid state, star tracker, the ASC

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 39, Issue 9-12, 1996, Pages 697-705

  Eisenman, Allan ^a   Liebe, Carl Christian ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; IMAGE PROCESSING; MICROCOMPUTERS; TRACKING (POSITION);

ADVANCED STELLAR COMPASS (ASC); STAR TRACKERS;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0030275111     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(97)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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