In-flight scale/distortion calibration of the Hubble Space Telescope fixed-head star trackers

Details In-flight scale/distortion calibration of the Hubble Space Telescope fixed-head star trackers In-flight scale/distortion calibration of the Hubble Space Telescope fixed-head star trackers

May 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994fmet.symp...95m&link_type=abstract

In its Flight Mechanics/Estimation Theory Symposium, 1994 p 95-108 (SEE N94-35605 11-13)

Computer Science

Calibrating, Hubble Space Telescope, Imaging Techniques, Position Errors, Star Trackers, Deflection, Distortion, Field Of View, Image Analysis, Magnetic Effects, Satellite Orientation

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This paper describes an in-flight scale and distortion calibration procedure that has been developed for the Ball Aerospace Systems Division Fixed-Head Star Trackers (FHST's) used on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The FHST is a magnetically focused and deflected imaging sensor that is designed to track stars as faint as m(sub v) = 5.7 over an 8 degree by 8 degree field of view. Raw FHST position measurements are accurate to approximately 200 arcseconds, but this can be improved to 10-15 arcseconds by processing the raw measurements through calibration polynomials that correct for flat field, temperature intensity, and magnetic field effects. The coefficients for these polynomials were initially determined using ground test data. On HST the use of three FHST's is an integral part of the preliminary attitude update procedures required before the acquisition of guide stars for science observations. To this end, FHST-based attitude determination having single-axis errors no worse than 22 arcseconds (1 sigma) is required. In early 1991 it became evident that one of the HST FHST's was experiencing a significant change in its optical scale. By mid-1993 the size of this error had grown to a point that, if not corrected, it would correspond to a maximum position error on the order of 100 arcseconds. Subsequent investigations demonstrated that substantial, uncompensated cubic distortion effects had also developed, the maximum contribution to position errors from the cubic terms being on the order of 30 arcseconds. To ensure accurate FHST-based attitude updates, procedures have been developed to redetermine the FHST scale and distortion calibration coefficients based on in-flight data gathered during normal HST operations. These scale and distortion calibrations have proven very effective operationally, and procedures are in place to monitor FHST calibration changes on a continuing basis.

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