Attitude transfer assembly design for MAGSAT
Abstract
A description is given of a design for an instrument system that will monitor the orientation of a boom-mounted vector magnetometer relative to the main spacecraft body. The attitude of the magnetometer is measured with respect to X and Z axes lateral to the boom length and also a twist axis around the boom center line. These measurements are made in a noncontact optical approach employing a three-axis autocollimator system mounted on the main body of the spacecraft with only passive elements (reflectors) located at the end of the 20-foot boom.
- Publication:
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Final Report
- Pub Date:
- October 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976bec..rept.....C
- Keywords:
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- Applications Explorer Satellites;
- Attitude (Inclination);
- Earth Magnetosphere;
- Instrument Orientation;
- Satellite Observation;
- Atmospheric Radiation;
- Collimators;
- Equipment Specifications;
- Magnetometers;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles