NASA Office of Space Sciences and Applications study on Space Station attached payload pointingA study has been conducted to determine the articulated-pointing requirements of a suite of instruments carried by the NASA Space Station, and define a pointing system architecture accomodating those requirements. It is found that these pointing requirements are sufficiently exacting, and the Space Station's disturbance environment sufficiently severe, to preclude the successful use of a conventional gimbal-pointing system; a gimbaled system incorporating an isolation stage is judged capable of furnishing the requisite levels of pointing performance.
Document ID
19880062982
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Laskin, R. A. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Estus, J. M. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Lin, Y. H. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Spanos, J. T. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Satter, C. M. (California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1988
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
AIAA PAPER 88-4105
Meeting Information
Meeting: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference