International Space Station Remote Sensing Pointing Analysis

This paper analyzes the geometric and disturbance aspects of utilizing the International Space Station for remote sensing of earth targets. The proposed instrument is SHORE (Station High-Sensitivity Ocean Research Experiment), a multi-band optical spectrometer with 15 m pixel resolution. The analysis investigates the contribution of the error effects to the quality of data collected by the instrument. The analysis begins with the discussion of the coordinate systems involved and then conversion from the target coordinate system to the instrument coordinate system. Next the geometry of remote observations from the Space Station is investigated including the effects of the instrument location in Space Station and the effects of the line of sight to the target. The disturbance and error environment on Space Station is discussed covering factors contributing to drift and jitter, accuracy of pointing data and target and instrument accuracies. Finally, there is a brief discussion of image processing to address any post error correction options.

Author dc:creator

• Jacobson, Craig

Contributors dc:contributor

• Leonessa, Alexander

• Space Station
• Remote Sensing
• Disturbance
• Jitter
• Drift
• Spectrometer
• Analysis
• Pointing error
• Pointing Accuracy
• Coordinate Transformation
• SHORE
• Station High-Performance Ocean Research Experiment
• Aerospace Engineering
• Engineering

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

CFE0000855

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd-1571