The mechanical design of an imaging photopolarimeter for the Jupiter missions (Pioneer 10 and 11)
Abstract
The mechanical design and fabrication are discussed of the imaging photopolarimeter (IPP), a multifunction space-qualified instrument used on the Jupiter Pioneer missions. The extreme environmental requirements for the structural design, optical system, and mechanisms are described with detailed discussion of some of the design and fabrication problems encountered.
- Publication:
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In NASA. Kennedy Space Center 9th Aerospace Mech. Symp. p 199-209 (SEE N76-19172 10-12
- Pub Date:
- August 1975
- Bibcode:
- 1975aeme.symp..199K
- Keywords:
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- Imaging Techniques;
- Pioneer 10 Space Probe;
- Pioneer 11 Space Probe;
- Polarimeters;
- Structural Design Criteria;
- Design Analysis;
- Equipment Specifications;
- Fabrication;
- Performance Prediction;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation