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Fine pointing control, OAO-3The fine error sensor located within the Princeton Experiment Package (PEP) is designed to aquire a star within its field of view to hold the spacecraft within plus or minus one-tenth of an arc second in pitch, and plus or minus three-arc seconds about the yaw axis. Pointing accuracy and stability tests of the fine error sensor exceeded the plus or minus 0.1 arc second requirement.
Document ID
19730019090
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Moore, J. V. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1973
Publication Information
Publication: Significant Accomplishments in Technol., 1972
Subject Category
Navigation
Accession Number
73N27822
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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