The JWST fine guidance sensor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5487, Issue PART 2, 2004, Pages 664-675

  Rowlands, N ^a   Aldridge, D ^a   Allen, R ^b   Evans, C ^a   Gregory, P ^a   Hartwig, E ^a   Mackay, B ^a   Metcalfe, J ^a   Richardson, G ^b   Caldwell, D ^c   Deschambault, R ^c   Girard, T ^c   Hackett, J ^c   Henry, D ^c   Hutchings, J ^d   Morbey, C ^d   Murowinski, R ^d   Doyon, R ^e   Alexander, R ^f  

^a EMS Technologies   (Canada)

^b EMS Technologies   (Canada)

^c Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics ^*  (Canada)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Guidance sensor; Infrared imaging; James webb space telescope; Star tracker; Tunable filters, filter wheels, astronomical instrumentation

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTATION; FILTER WHEELS; GUIDANCE SENSOR; JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST); STAR TRACKER; TUNABLE FILTERS;

ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; CALIBRATION; INFRARED IMAGING; SPACE OPTICS; SPACE TELESCOPES; TUNING;

SENSOR DATA FUSION;

EID: 10044275482     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.551929     Document Type: Conference Paper

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