Characterization of an Advanced Technology CCD for the Cassini Stellar Reference Unit
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Cassini Tracking and Identification Architecture
The Cassini spacecraft will perform a detailed examination of the Saturnian system, including the release of a probe to study Saturn's largest satellite, Titan. The star tracker for the Cassini mission must provide accurate data during the entire flight including four years of measurement in a harsh radiation environment.
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Advanced Mico-Gn&C Technology for Low-Cost Planetary
The new NASA paradigm calls for more frequent, low-cost, small spacecraft missions capable of returning high-value planetary science. This challenge also extends to the rapid insertion of advanced technologies across all spacecraft subsystems as an enabling tool for building these highly capable miniaturized science platforms in the spirit of.
planetary spacecraft tracking gravity-field mappin↗