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TY - JOUR
T1 - A simple spacecraft – vector intersection methodology and applications
AU - Xystouris, Georgios
AU - Shebanits, Oleg
AU - Arridge, Christopher S
N1 - License to Publish: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)
PY - 2024/3/23
Y1 - 2024/3/23
N2 - Observations with spacecraft-mounted instruments are usually limited by their field-of-view and are often affected by the spacecraft's shadow or wake. Their extent though can be derived from the spacecraft's geometry. In this work we present a robust method for calculating the field-of-view as well as the extent of a spacecraft shadow and wake from readily available spacecraft CAD models. We demonstrate these principles on Cassini, where we give examples of vector-spacecraft intersection for the Cassini Langmuir Probe, as well the field-of-view of the Langmuir Probe and the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer.
AB - Observations with spacecraft-mounted instruments are usually limited by their field-of-view and are often affected by the spacecraft's shadow or wake. Their extent though can be derived from the spacecraft's geometry. In this work we present a robust method for calculating the field-of-view as well as the extent of a spacecraft shadow and wake from readily available spacecraft CAD models. We demonstrate these principles on Cassini, where we give examples of vector-spacecraft intersection for the Cassini Langmuir Probe, as well the field-of-view of the Langmuir Probe and the Cassini Plasma Spectrometer.
U2 - 10.1093/rasti/rzae012
DO - 10.1093/rasti/rzae012
M3 - Journal article
VL - 3
SP - 166
EP - 173
JO - RAS Techniques and Instruments
JF - RAS Techniques and Instruments
SN - 2752-8200
IS - 1
ER -