Pointing and tracking system for UVISS on the International Space Station

Paolo Trampus; Anna Gregorio; Roberto Stalio

doi:10.1117/12.410526

18 December 2000 Pointing and tracking system for UVISS on the International Space Station

Paolo Trampus, Anna Gregorio, Roberto Stalio

Proceedings Volume 4139, Instrumentation for UV/EUV Astronomy and Solar Missions; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.410526
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2000, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

The characteristics of the fine pointing and tracking system of UVISS, UltraViolet Italian Space Surveyor, which is proposed to fly as an external payload attached to the ISS (International Space Station) Express Pallet is presented. The system is derived from the pointing system of the UVSTAR telescope that has flown three times on the Shuttle. The electro-optical architecture of the tracking telescope, including the ICCD detector and the computational unit based on a DSP board with direct high speed interface to the camera and the on-board stellar catalog is described. The simulations performed to determine the instrument expected tracking precision and performances considering the dynamics of the ISS are reported. Finally the utilization of a high frequency tracking error correction based on the detection of the spectrographs zero-th order signal is considered as an independent tracking error measurement which provides information and corrections of possible residual tracking errors and could be used for alignment check as well.

Citation Download Citation

Paolo Trampus, Anna Gregorio, and Roberto Stalio "Pointing and tracking system for UVISS on the International Space Station", Proc. SPIE 4139, Instrumentation for UV/EUV Astronomy and Solar Missions, (18 December 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.410526

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available