The in-flight calibration of the Hubble Space Telescope fine guidance sensors, 2 (a success story)

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May 1994

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994fmet.symp..111w&link_type=abstract

In its Flight Mechanics/Estimation Theory Symposium, 1994 p 111-122 (SEE N94-35605 11-13)

Computer Science

Performance

Calibrating, Guidance Sensors, Hubble Space Telescope, Distortion, Spacecraft Control, Standard Deviation, Temporal Distribution

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The Hubble Space Telescope's fine guidance sensors (FGS's) are unique in the performance levels being attempted; spacecraft control and astrometric research with accuracies better than 3 milli-arcseconds (mas) are the ultimate goals. This paper presents a review of the in-flight calibration of the sensors, describing both the algorithms used and the results achieved to date. The work was done primarily in support of engineering operations related to spacecraft pointing and control and secondarily in support of the astrometric science calibration effort led by the Space Telescope Astrometry Team. Calibration items of principal interest are distortion, sensor magnification, and relative alignment. An initial in-flight calibration of the FGS's was performed in December 1990; this calibration has been used operationally over the past few years. Followup work demonstrated that significant, unexpected temporal variations in the calibration parameters are occurring; provided good characterization of the variation; and set the stage for a distortion calibration designed to achieve the full design accuracy for one of the FGS's. This full distortion calibration, using data acquired in January 1993, resulted in a solution having single-axis residuals with a standard deviation of 2.5 mas. Scale and alignment calibration results for all of the FGS's have been achieved commensurate with the best ground-based astrometric catalogs (root-mean-square error approximately 25 mas). A calibration monitoring program has been established to allow regular updates of the calibration parameters as needed.

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