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2010

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Analysis Of Slewing And Attitude Determination Requirements For Ctex, William J. Starr Jr. Mar 2010

Analysis Of Slewing And Attitude Determination Requirements For Ctex, William J. Starr Jr.

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This thesis examines the slewing and attitude determination requirements for the Chromotomographic Experiment (CTEX), a chromotomographic-based hyperspectral imager, to be mounted on-board the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) External Facility (EF). The in-track slewing requirement is driven by the facts that CTEx has a very small field of view (FOV) and is required to collect 10 seconds of data for any given collection window. The need to slew in the cross-track direction is a product of the small FOV and target/calibration site access. CTEx incorporates a two-axis slow-steering dwell mirror with a range of ± 8 degrees and an accuracy of …


Design Analysis Of A Sapce Based Chromotomographic Hyperspectral Imaging Experiment, Todd A. Book Mar 2010

Design Analysis Of A Sapce Based Chromotomographic Hyperspectral Imaging Experiment, Todd A. Book

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This research develops the design of several components and/or systems for an experimental space-based chromotomographic hyperspectral imager that is being built by the Air Force Institute of Technology. The design work includes three separate topics. The first topic was the development of a structure utilizing finite element analysis and eigenanalysis for the ground-based version of the chromotomographic experiment (CTEx). The ground-based experiment was performed as a risk mitigation measure for the space-based experiment. The second topic includes a design review of a contractor's proposed off-axis Mersenne telescope for the space-based chromotomographic hyperspectral imager. The work included the creation of preliminary …