The Gravity Probe-B star-tracking telescope

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1401-1405

  Gwo, D H ^a   Wang, S ^a   Bower, K A ^a   Davidson, D E ^b   Ehrensberger, P ^a   Huff, L ^c   Romero, E ^a   Sullivan, M T ^a   Triebes, K ^c   Lipa, J A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Optical Instrument Design   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; GYROSCOPES; QUARTZ APPLICATIONS; SPACE TELESCOPES; SPACECRAFT;

ALTITUDE CONTROL;

SPACE RESEARCH;

CONTROL SYSTEM; SATELLITE;

EID: 9144255415     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90353-X     Document Type: Article

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