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

fYear

2010

fDate

6-13 March 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

11

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

ISSN

1095-323X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3887-7

Electronic_ISBN

1095-323X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2010.5446898

Filename

5446898