On-orbit performance testing of the pointing calibration & reference sensor for the Spitzer Space Telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 93-100

  Mainzer, Amanda K ^a   Young, Erick T ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centroiding; Cryogenic; Guidance; Infrared; Optical; Pointing; SIRTF; Spitzer; Telescope

Indexed keywords

CENTROIDING; GUIDANCE; POINTING; SIRTF; SPITZER;

CRYOGENICS; GYROSCOPES; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL SENSORS; SPACE OPTICS; SPACECRAFT;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 10044255503     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.552525     Document Type: Conference Paper

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