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(abstract) Realization of a Faster, Cheaper, Better Mission and Its New Paradigm Star Tracker, the Advanced Stellar CompassThe first Danish satellite, rsted, will be launched in August of 1997. The scientific objective of sted is to perform a precision mapping of the Earth's magnetic field. Attitude data for the payload and the satellite are provided by the Advanced Stellar Compass (ASC) star tracker. The ASC consists of a CCD star camera and a capable microprocessor which operates by comparing the star image frames taken by the camera to its internal star catalogs.
Document ID
20060036802
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/27696
Authors
Eisenman, Allan Read
Liebe, Carl Christian
Joergensen, John Lief
Jensen, Gunnar Bent
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
February 1, 1997
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
ASC Advanced Stellar Compass Denmark CCD star catalogs Oersted magnetic fields

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