Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments
An attitude determination system for balloon-borne experiments is presented. The system provides pointing information in azimuth and elevation for instruments flying on stratospheric balloons over Antarctica. In-flight attitude is given by the real-time combination of readings from star cameras, a m...
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An attitude determination system for balloon-borne experiments is presented. The system provides pointing information in azimuth and elevation for instruments flying on stratospheric balloons over Antarctica. In-flight attitude is given by the real-time combination of readings from star cameras, a magnetometer, sun sensors, GPS, gyroscopes, tilt sensors and an elevation encoder. Post-flight attitude reconstruction is determined from star camera solutions, interpolated by the gyroscopes using an extended Kalman Filter. The multi-sensor system was employed by the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol), an experiment that measures polarized thermal emission from interstellar dust clouds. A similar system was designed for the upcoming flight of Spider, a Cosmic Microwave Background polarization experiment. The pointing requirements for these experiments are discussed, as well as the challenges in designing attitude reconstruction systems for high altitude balloon flights. In the 2010 and 2012 BLASTPol flights from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, the system demonstrated an accuracy of < 5’ rms in-flight, and < 5” rms post-flight. |
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Gandilo, N. N. Ade, P. A. R. Amiri, M. Angilè, F. E. Benton, S. J. Bock, J. J. Bond, J. R. Bryan, S. A. Chiang, H. C. Contaldi, C. R. Crill, B. P. Devlin, M. J. Dober, B. Doré, O. P. Farhang, M. Filippini, J. P. Fissel, L. M. Fraisse, A. A. Fukui, Y. Galitzki, N. Gambrel, A. E. Golwala, S. Gudmundsson, J. E. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, M. Hilton, G. C. Holmes, W. A. Hristov, V. V. Irwin, K. D. Jones, W. C. Kermish, Z. D. Klein, J. Korotkov, A. L. Kuo, C. L. MacTavish, C. J. Mason, P. V. Matthews, T. G. Megerian, K. G. Moncelsi, L. Morford, T. A. Mroczkowski, T. K. Nagy, J. M. Netterfield, C. B. Novak, G. Nutter, D. O'Brient, R. Pascale, E. Poidevin, F. Rahlin, A. S. Reintsema, C. D. |
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ftunivcardiff:oai:https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk:157647 2023-05-15T14:08:46+02:00 Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments Gandilo, N. N. Ade, P. A. R. Amiri, M. Angilè, F. E. Benton, S. J. Bock, J. J. Bond, J. R. Bryan, S. A. Chiang, H. C. Contaldi, C. R. Crill, B. P. Devlin, M. J. Dober, B. Doré, O. P. Farhang, M. Filippini, J. P. Fissel, L. M. Fraisse, A. A. Fukui, Y. Galitzki, N. Gambrel, A. E. Golwala, S. Gudmundsson, J. E. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, M. Hilton, G. C. Holmes, W. A. Hristov, V. V. Irwin, K. D. Jones, W. C. Kermish, Z. D. Klein, J. Korotkov, A. L. Kuo, C. L. MacTavish, C. J. Mason, P. V. Matthews, T. G. Megerian, K. G. Moncelsi, L. Morford, T. A. Mroczkowski, T. K. Nagy, J. M. Netterfield, C. B. Novak, G. Nutter, D. O'Brient, R. Pascale, E. Poidevin, F. Rahlin, A. S. Reintsema, C. D. Stepp, Larry M. Gilmozzi, Roberto Hall, Helen J. 2014 https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/157647/ https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055156 unknown SPIE Gandilo, N. N., Ade, P. A. R. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A0479492.html orcid:0000-0002-5127-0401 orcid:0000-0002-5127-0401, Amiri, M., Angilè, F. E., Benton, S. J., Bock, J. J., Bond, J. R., Bryan, S. A., Chiang, H. C., Contaldi, C. R., Crill, B. P., Devlin, M. J., Dober, B., Doré, O. P., Farhang, M., Filippini, J. P., Fissel, L. M., Fraisse, A. A., Fukui, Y., Galitzki, N., Gambrel, A. E., Golwala, S., Gudmundsson, J. E., Halpern, M., Hasselfield, M., Hilton, G. C., Holmes, W. A., Hristov, V. V., Irwin, K. D., Jones, W. C., Kermish, Z. D., Klein, J., Korotkov, A. L., Kuo, C. L., MacTavish, C. J., Mason, P. V., Matthews, T. G., Megerian, K. G., Moncelsi, L., Morford, T. A., Mroczkowski, T. K., Nagy, J. M., Netterfield, C. B., Novak, G., Nutter, D., O'Brient, R., Pascale, E., Poidevin, F., Rahlin, A. S., Reintsema, C. D., Ruhl, J. E., Runyan, M. C., Savini, G., Scott, D., Shariff, J. A., Soler, J. D., Thomas, N. E., Trangsrud, A., Truch, M. D., Tucker, C. E. https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/view/cardiffauthors/A016987K.html orcid:0000-0002-1851-3918 orcid:0000-0002-1851-3918, Tucker, G. S., Tucker, R. S., Turner, A. D., Ward-Thompson, D., Weber, A. C., Wiebe, D. V. and Young, E. Y. 2014. Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments. Presented at: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2014, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 2014. Published in: Stepp, Larry M., Gilmozzi, Roberto and Hall, Helen J. eds. Proceedings Volume 9145, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V. , vol.9145 SPIE, 91452U. 10.1117/12.2055156 https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055156 doi:10.1117/12.2055156 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed 2014 ftunivcardiff https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055156 2023-03-16T23:35:03Z An attitude determination system for balloon-borne experiments is presented. The system provides pointing information in azimuth and elevation for instruments flying on stratospheric balloons over Antarctica. In-flight attitude is given by the real-time combination of readings from star cameras, a magnetometer, sun sensors, GPS, gyroscopes, tilt sensors and an elevation encoder. Post-flight attitude reconstruction is determined from star camera solutions, interpolated by the gyroscopes using an extended Kalman Filter. The multi-sensor system was employed by the Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarimetry (BLASTPol), an experiment that measures polarized thermal emission from interstellar dust clouds. A similar system was designed for the upcoming flight of Spider, a Cosmic Microwave Background polarization experiment. The pointing requirements for these experiments are discussed, as well as the challenges in designing attitude reconstruction systems for high altitude balloon flights. In the 2010 and 2012 BLASTPol flights from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, the system demonstrated an accuracy of < 5’ rms in-flight, and < 5” rms post-flight. Conference Object Antarc* Antarctica Cardiff University: ORCA (Online Research @ Cardiff) McMurdo Station ENVELOPE(166.667,166.667,-77.850,-77.850) SPIE Proceedings, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes V 9145 91452U |