Precision spacecraft payload platforms
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    发明授权
    Precision spacecraft payload platforms 有权
    精密航天器有效负载平台

    公开(公告)号:US07547870B2

    公开(公告)日:2009-06-16

    申请号:US11400874

    申请日:2006-04-10

    CPC分类号: G01S5/163 G01B11/272

    摘要: One or more fixed-orientation fanned laser beams and one or more displacement measurement devices to precisely measure the orientation of a payload platform are disclosed in a metrology system and method. The measurement devices may be distributed at locations across a payload platform such that displacement changes of these devices can be used to accurately determine platform pointing. Laser beam transmitters may be fixed in the same reference block to which a spacecraft attitude sensor is mounted. Fanned laser beams are transmitted from these sources to the measurement devices so that their displacements can be determined with respect to the plane of the fanned beams and thereby with respect to the spacecraft attitude sensor. Only a small number of fixed laser beams are needed to achieve precision measurements at a reduced cost, weight and power, and with increased system reliability and simplified system integration.

    摘要翻译: 计量系统和方法中公开了一种或多种固定方向的扇形激光束和一个或多个位移测量装置来精确地测量有效负载平台的取向。 测量设备可以分布在有效负载平台上的位置,使得这些设备的位移变化可以用于准确地确定平台指向。 激光束发射器可以固定在安装有航天器姿态传感器的相同参考块中。 扇形激光束从这些源传输到测量装置,使得它们的位移可以相对于扇形光束的平面,从而相对于航天器姿态传感器确定。 只需要少量的固定激光束,以降低成本,重量和功率,以及更高的系统可靠性和简化的系统集成来实现精密测量。