NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Pointing pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : Pointing

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Accurate spacecraft tracking by the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) antennas must be assured during changing weather conditions. Wind disturbances are the main source of tracking errors. The development of a wind-force model and simulations of wind-induced pointing errors of DSN antennas are presented. The antenna model includes the antenna structure, the elevation and azimuth servos, and the tracking controller. Simulation results show that pointing errors due to wind gusts are of the same order as errors due to static wind pressure and that these errors (similar to those of static wind pressure) satisfy the velocity quadratic law. The presented methodology is used for wind-disturbance estimation and for the design of an antenna controller with wind-disturbance rejection properties

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 2/15/1992
• Year: 1992
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN, DEEP SPACE NETWORK, ERROR ANALYSIS, POINTING CONTROL SYSTEMS, SIMULATION, SPACECRAFT ANTENNAS, SPACECRAFT TRACKING, WIND EFFECTS, CONTROLLERS, GUSTS, STATIC PRESSURE, WIND PRESSURE, Gawronski, W., Bienkiewicz, B., Hill, R. E

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