Abstract
There exists an increasing need for Milli-Arc-Seconds (MAS) accuracy pointing measurement for current and future space systems. To meet the 0.1″ space pointing measurement accuracy requirements of spacecraft in future, the influence of spacecraft micro-vibration on a 0.1″ Space Pointing Measuring Instrument (SPMI) is studied. A Quasi-Zero Stiffness Device (QZSD) with adaptive adjustment and variable stroke was proposed. Then, a series of micro-vibration experiments of the SPMI were carried out. The influence of the micro-vibration generated by Guidance Navigation Control (GNC) attitude control components under different attitudes on the SPMI was analyzed. Point spread function of image motion in micro-vibration was also derived. Further, the changes of image motion under the micro-vibration environment were evaluated by extracting the gray centroid of the images, and the experiment processes and results are deeply discussed. The results show that the first-order frequency of the QZSD system is 0.114 Hz, and it is induced by a double pendulum system; the image motion of single flywheel spinning reached 0.015 pixels; whilst the image motion reached 0.03 pixels when three flywheels are combined spinning. These latest findings provide a beneficial theoretical and technical support for the development of spacecraft with 0.1″ pointing accuracy.
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