End-to-end optical design for HABE tracking and pointing system

Charles K. Carniglia; Theodore S. Turner Jr.

doi:10.1117/12.178963

5 July 1994 End-to-end optical design for high-altitude balloon experiment tracking and pointing system

Charles K. Carniglia, Theodore S. Turner Jr.

Proceedings Volume 2221, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing VIII; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178963
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The high altitude balloon experiment (HABE) optical system is designed to address target tracking and pointing issues. The HABE optical system is based on a 60 cm telescope and involves an IR (4.4 micrometers ) tracking camera with a 2.3 mrad field of view and a visible (0.532 micrometers ) tracking camera with a 0.257 mrad field of view. An inertial reference alignment laser controls a fast- steering mirror to point a marker laser at the target. The basic optical layout and the optical design issues are discussed. Diffraction-limited performance was achieved for the design of the imaging cameras.

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Charles K. Carniglia and Theodore S. Turner Jr. "End-to-end optical design for high-altitude balloon experiment tracking and pointing system", Proc. SPIE 2221, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing VIII, (5 July 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178963

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