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Fine pointing of the Solar Optical Telescope in the Space Shuttle environmentInstruments requiring fine (i.e., sub-arcsecond) pointing, such as the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT), must be equipped with two-stage pointing devices, coarse and fine. Coarse pointing will be performed by a gimbal system, such as the Instrument Pointing System, while the image motion compensation (IMC) will provide fine pointing. This paper describes work performed on the SOT concept design that illustrates IMC as applied to SOT. The SOT control system was modeled in the frequency domain to evaluate performance, stability, and bandwidth requirements. The two requirements of the pointing control, i.e., the 2 arcsecond reproducibility and 0.03 arcsecond rms pointing jitter, can be satisfied by use of IMC at about 20 Hz bandwidth. The need for this high bandwidth is related to Shuttle-induced disturbances that arise primarily from man push-offs and vernier thruster firings. A block diagram of SOT model/stability analysis, schematic illustrations of the SOT pointing system, and a structural model summary are included.
Document ID
19860029647
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Gowrinathan, S.
(Perkin-Elmer Corp. Danbury, CT, United States)
Date Acquired
August 12, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1985
Subject Category
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 85-6086
Accession Number
86A14385
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-27400
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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