Title :
Metrology system for measuring mast motions on the NuSTAR mission
Author :
Liebe, Carl Christian ; Burnham, Jill ; Cook, Rick ; Craig, Bill ; Decker, Todd ; Harp, D. Isaiah ; Kecman, Branislav ; Meras, Patrick ; Raffanti, Mike ; Scholz, Christopher ; Smith, Christopher ; Waldman, Jeff ; Wu, James
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
A metrology system designed and built for the NuSTAR mission is described. The NuSTAR mission is an orbiting X-ray telescope with a 10 meter focal length. The system consists of two laser pointers mounted rigidly together with a star tracker and the X-ray optics. The focused laser beams illuminates two metrology detectors mounted rigidly with the X-ray detectors. The detectors and optics/lasers are separated by a ~10 meter deployable (and somewhat flexible) carbon fiber mast. Details about the implementation of the metrology system is discussed in this paper.
Keywords :
X-ray detection; X-ray optics; astronomical telescopes; carbon fibres; laser beams; motion measurement; NuSTAR mission; X-ray detectors; X-ray optics; carbon fiber mast; laser beams; laser pointers; mast motion measurement; metrology system; orbiting X-ray telescope; star tracker; Costs; Humans; Manufacturing; Metrology; NASA; Space missions; Space technology; Supply chain management; Supply chains; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3887-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1095-323X
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2010.5446898
