Title :
Design, Qualification, Calibration and Alignment of Position Sensing Detector for the NuSTAR Space Mission
Author :
Liebe, Carl Christian ; Bauman, Bruce W. ; Clark, Gerald R. ; Cook, Rick ; Kecman, Branislav ; Madsen, Kristin Kruse ; Mao, Peter ; Meras, Patrick ; Miyasaka, Hiromasa ; Cooper, Mark ; Scholz, Christopher ; Sedaka, Jack
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A commercial position sensing detector (PSD) has been used to measure mast deflections on a space based X-ray telescope (NuSTAR). This paper describes the space qualification process for utilizing a commercial PSD sensor in space. This discussion includes packaging, environmental testing, selection of flight candidate devices, calibration and alignment.
Keywords :
aerospace instrumentation; calibration; position measurement; sensors; NuSTAR space mission; calibration; commercial PSD sensor; environmental testing; flight candidate devices; mast deflections; packaging; position sensing detector; space based X-ray telescope; Calibration; Dark current; Detectors; Extraterrestrial measurements; Measurement by laser beam; Semiconductor device measurement; Temperature measurement; Metrology system; NuSTAR; position sensing detector; space qualification;
Journal_Title :
Sensors Journal, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/JSEN.2011.2181355
