Use of a passive reaction wheel jitter isolation system to meet the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility imaging performance requirements

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3356, Issue , 1998, Pages 1078-1094

  Pendergast, Karl J ^a   Schauwecker, Christopher J ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORIES; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; IMAGING PERFORMANCE; ISOLATION SYSTEMS; MECHANICAL ISOLATION; QUALITY REQUIREMENTS; SYSTEM-LEVEL REQUIREMENTS; X-RAY ASTROPHYSICS;

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GAMMA RAYS; JITTER; NASA; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE TELESCOPES; THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS; X RAYS; ASTROPHYSICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY;

ASTROPHYSICS; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES;

REACTION WHEEL PASSIVE ISOLATION SYSTEM;

EID: 0032291895     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.324508     Document Type: Conference Paper

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