Tolerancing an extended corner cube for HABE tracking and pointing applications

Charles K. Carniglia

doi:10.1117/12.178972

5 July 1994 Tolerancing an extended corner cube for high-altitude balloon experiment tracking and pointing applications

Charles K. Carniglia

Proceedings Volume 2221, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing VIII; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178972
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The High-Altitude Balloon Experiment requires the injection of an inertial reference beam into the optical system by means of an extended corner cube (ECC). The optical system including the ECC can move up to +/- 1 mrad with respect to the inertial beam. The ECC must return the beam antiparallel to the inertial beam to within +/- 40 nrad. The analysis presented here indicates that the three mirrors of the ECC must be perpendicular to each other to within 2 arcsec to meet the specification.

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Charles K. Carniglia "Tolerancing an extended corner cube for high-altitude balloon experiment tracking and pointing applications", Proc. SPIE 2221, Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing VIII, (5 July 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178972

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