Acquisition, tracking, pointing, and line-of-sight control laboratory experiments for a space-based bifocal relay mirror

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4714, Issue , 2002, Pages 54-64

  Spencer, M G ^a   Agrawal, B N ^a   Romano, M ^a   Brunson, R L ^b   Dillow, J D ^b   Nelson, D H ^b   Connors, J J ^b   Restaino, S R ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SATELLITE SIMULATORS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE TELESCOPES; TRACKING (POSITION);

BIFOCAL RELAY MIRROR; LASER PROPAGATION; LINE-OF-SIGHT CONTROL; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MATLAB; THREE-AXIS SPACECRAFT SIMULATOR;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0036385506     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.472600     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Roberts, S. S., Relay Mirror Experiment and Wideband Angular Vibration Experiment Program Summary, AFRL/DE, Kirtland AFB, NM, Issued: May 1992.
2. Agrawal, B.N., Senenko, C., "Attitude Dynamics and Control of Bifocal Relay Mirror Spacecraft," Proceedings of the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialists Conference, Quebec City, Quebec, Aug 2001.
3. Chernesky, V. S., Development and Control of a Three-Axis Satellite Simulator for the Bifocal Relay Mirror Initiative, Masters Degree Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, Dec, 2001.