Optimization of separated spacecraft interferometer trajectories in the absence of a gravity-well

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3350, Issue , 1998, Pages 631-643

  Kong, Edmund M ^a   Miller, David W ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

DS3; Interferometry; Optimization; Separated spacecraft interferometer; Trajectory; u v coverage

Indexed keywords

DS3; IMAGE PLANES; MINIMUM TIME; PAPER ADDRESSES; POINT SPREAD FUNCTION (PSF); SEPARATED SPACECRAFT INTERFEROMETER; SPACECRAFT TRAJECTORIES; TRAJECTORY; U-V COVERAGE;

ASTROPHYSICS; INTERFEROMETERS; NASA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; OPTIMIZATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; TRAJECTORIES;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 0142163846     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.317123     Document Type: Conference Paper

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