A sub-arcsecond pointing stability fine stage for a high altitude balloon platform

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A sub-arcsecond pointing stability fine stage for a high altitude balloon platform

Jones-Wilson, Laura / Susca, Sara / Diaz, Christina / Chang, Herrick / Duffy, Elizabeth / Effinger, Robert / Lewis, Derek / Liewer, Kurt / Lo, Kevin / Ochoa, Hared / ... [more]

Abstract

High-altitude balloons (HABs) are platforms for collecting astrophysical and planetary science data that offer a number of advantages compared to conventional ground-based or space-based systems. However, they also pose a set of new environmental challenges that must be addressed in order to offer a viable alternative to ground-or space-based assets. In particular, maintaining science-quality pointing stability is a critical challenge for HAB platforms. For these missions, dynamic errors must be limited to a fraction of the observation wavelength, so as the wavelength becomes smaller, it becomes more difficult to meet the needed performance. As a result, there are very few existing pointing stabilization solutions that use visible-spectrum guide stars, despite their relatively wide distribution across the sky. This paper describes the results achieved with the STABLE (Sub-arc second Telescope And BaLloon Experiment) project whose goal is to provide the fine pointing stage for a balloon-borne platform observing in the visible wavelength.

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Title :

A sub-arcsecond pointing stability fine stage for a high altitude balloon platform

Contributors:

Jones-Wilson, Laura (author) / Susca, Sara (author) / Diaz, Christina (author) / Chang, Herrick (author) / Duffy, Elizabeth (author) / Effinger, Robert (author) / Lewis, Derek (author) / Liewer, Kurt (author) / Lo, Kevin (author) / Ochoa, Hared (author)

Published in:

2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 1-15

Publication date :

2017-03-01

Size :

5068391 byte

ISBN :

978-1-5090-1613-6

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2017.7943590

Type of media :

Conference paper