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Engineering topics
Gudim, M.
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The StarLight mission: a formation-flying stellar interferometer
The StarLight mission is designed to validate the technologies of formation flying and stellar interferometry in space. The mission consists of two spacecraft in an earth-trailing orbit that formation fly over relative ranges of 40 to 600 m to an accuracy of 10 cm.
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IPAO independent cost estimate: StarLight project summary
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interferometry formation-flying↗
Autonomous formation flying sensor for the Starlight Mission
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StarLight mission autonomous formation flying↗
Low Noise Signal Processing Technique for Monopulse Pointing of DSN 34-meter Diameter Antennas
This paper describes a 31.8 - 32.3 GHz (Ka-band) monopulse antenna pointing system designed to meet a pointing precision requirement of a mean-radial-error (MRE) less than 1.5 milli-degrees for a 34-meter diameter antenna with a 17 milli-degree 3-dB beam-width, under windy conditions up to 15mph.
Antenna Pointing Monopulse Pointing↗
Design and Performance of the Monopulse Control System
Ka-band (32-GHz) monopulse tracking has been chosen for the upcoming NASA missions.
Tracking↗