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Optical guidance vidicon test programA laboratory and field test program was conducted to quantify the optical navigation parameters of the Mariner vidicons. A scene simulator and a camera were designed and built for vidicon tests under a wide variety of conditions. Laboratory tests characterized error sources important to the optical navigation process and field tests verified star sensitivity and characterized comet optical guidance parameters. The equipment, tests and data reduction techniques used are described. Key test results are listed. A substantial increase in the understanding of the use of selenium vidicons as detectors for spacecraft optical guidance was achieved, indicating a reduction in residual offset errors by a factor of two to four to the single pixel level.
Document ID
19760027009
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Eiseman, A. R. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Stanton, R. H. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Voge, C. C. (Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 3, 2013
Publication Date
September 15, 1976
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Report/Patent Number
JPL-TM-33-796
NASA-CR-148834
Accession Number
76N34097
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS7-100
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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