Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975sshm.meetr....h&link_type=abstract
AAS, AIAA, IEEE, ORSA, and IMS, Meeting on Space Shuttle Missions of the 80's, Denver, Colo., Aug. 26-28, 1975, AAS 31 p.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Pointing Control Systems, Space Shuttle Orbiters, Spaceborne Astronomy, Spacecraft Instruments, Spacelab, Gimbals, Interfaces, Mission Planning, Space Missions
Scientific paper
A small instrument pointing system (SIPS) has been conceptually designed as a means of interfacing smaller astronomical instruments with the ESA spacelab system on shuttle sortie missions. Small instruments are defined as being up to 0.9 meter in diameter, three meters in length, and 340 kilograms in mass. Two independently supported instruments are deployed on a common pedestal to give a hemispherical field of view. The instruments are each supported at their centers-of-mass in bi-axial gimbal systems for fine pointing. An optional roll gimbal can be used to give roll about the line of sight. Instruments are held in environmental canisters which protect them thermally, and acoustically as well as from contamination. The canister facilitates instrument integration and provides interfaces to all spacelab subsystems. The SIPS is a total instrument support system for small sortie mission instruments.
Henrikson C. C.
Schmidt Eduard
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