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29 July 2016 A novel design of dual-channel optical system of star-tracker based on non-blind area PAL system
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Abstract
Star-tracker plays an important role in satellite navigation. Considering the satellites on near-Earth orbit, the system usually has two optical systems: one for observing the profile of Earth and the other for capturing the positions of stars. In this paper, we demonstrate a novel kind of dual-channel optical observation system of star-tracker with non-blind area PAL imaging system based on dichroic filter, which can combine both different observation channels into an integrated structure and realize the feature of miniaturization. According to the practical usage of star-tracker and the features of dichroic filter, we set the ultraviolet band as the PAL channel to observe the Earth with the FOV ranging from 40°-60°, and set the visible band as the front imaging channel to capture the stars far away from this system with the FOV ranging from 0°-20°. Consequently, the rays of both channels are converged on the same image plane, improving the efficiency of pixels of detector and reducing the weight and size of whole star-tracker system.
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Yujie Luo and Jian Bai "A novel design of dual-channel optical system of star-tracker based on non-blind area PAL system", Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 99046H (29 July 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232205
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KEYWORDS
Imaging systems

Imaging systems

Stars

Stars

Sensors

Optical design

Optical design

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