Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments

N. N. Gandilo; P. A.R. Ade; M. Amiri; F. E. Angilè; S. J. Benton; J. J. Bock; J. R. Bond; S. A. Bryan; H. C. Chiang; C. R. Contaldi; B. P. Crill; M. J. Devlin; B. Dober; O. P. Doré; M. Farhang; J. P. Filippini; L. M. Fissel; A. A. Fraisse; Y. Fukui; N. Galitzki; A. E. Gambrel; S. Golwala; J. E. Gudmundsson; M. Halpern; M. Hasselfield; G. C. Hilton; W. A. Holmes; V. V. Hristov; K. D. Irwin; W. C. Jones; Z. D. Kermish; J. Klein; A. L. Korotkov; C. L. Kuo; C. J. MacTavish; P. V. Mason; T. G. Matthews; K. G. Megerian; L. Moncelsi; T. A. Morford; T. K. Mroczkowski; J. M. Nagy; C. B. Netterfield; G. Novak; D. Nutter; R. O'Brient; E. Pascale; F. Poidevin; A. S. Rahlin; C. D. Reintsema; J. E. Ruhl; M. C. Runyan; G. Savini; D. Scott; J. A. Shariff; J. D. Soler; N. E. Thomas; A. Trangsrud; M. D. Truch; C. E. Tucker; G. S. Tucker; R. S. Tucker; A. D. Turner; D. Ward-Thompson; A. C. Weber; D. V. Wiebe; E. Y. Young

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Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments

N. N. Gandilo, P. A.R. Ade, M. Amiri, F. E. Angilè, S. J. Benton, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, S. A. Bryan, H. C. Chiang, C. R. Contaldi, B. P. Crill, M. J. Devlin, B. Dober, O. P. Doré, M. Farhang, J. P. Filippini, L. M. Fissel, A. A. Fraisse, Y. Fukui, N. GalitzkiA. E. Gambrel, S. Golwala, J. E. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, M. Hasselfield, G. C. Hilton, W. A. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, K. D. Irwin, W. C. Jones, Z. D. Kermish, J. Klein, A. L. Korotkov, C. L. Kuo, C. J. MacTavish, P. V. Mason, T. G. Matthews, K. G. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. A. Morford, T. K. Mroczkowski, J. M. Nagy, C. B. Netterfield, G. Novak, D. Nutter, R. O'Brient, E. Pascale, F. Poidevin, A. S. Rahlin, C. D. Reintsema, J. E. Ruhl, M. C. Runyan, G. Savini, D. Scott, J. A. Shariff, J. D. Soler, N. E. Thomas, A. Trangsrud, M. D. Truch, C. E. Tucker, G. S. Tucker, R. S. Tucker, A. D. Turner, D. Ward-Thompson, A. C. Weber, D. V. Wiebe, E. Y. Young

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes V
Editors	Helen J. Hall, Larry M. Stepp, Roberto Gilmozzi
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819496133
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055156
State	Published - 2014
Event	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes V - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jun 22 2014 → Jun 27 2014

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9145
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Other

Other	Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes V
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	6/22/14 → 6/27/14

Keywords

attitude determination
balloon-borne telescopes
cosmic microwave background
pointing precision
star cameras
submillimeter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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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., ... Young, E. Y. (2014). Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments. In H. J. Hall, L. M. Stepp, & R. Gilmozzi (Eds.), Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes V Article 91452U (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9145). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2055156

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Attitude determination for balloon-borne experiments. / Gandilo, N. N.; Ade, P. A.R.; Amiri, M. et al.
Ground-Based and Airborne Telescopes V. ed. / Helen J. Hall; Larry M. Stepp; Roberto Gilmozzi. SPIE, 2014. 91452U (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9145).

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