Published June 2012
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Journal Article
Design, Qualification, Calibration and Alignment of Position Sensing Detector for the NuSTAR Space Mission
Abstract
A commercial position sensing detector (PSD) has been used to measure mast deflections on a space based X-ray telescope (NuSTAR). This paper describes the space qualification process for utilizing a commercial PSD sensor in space. This discussion includes packaging, environmental testing, selection of flight candidate devices, calibration and alignment.
Additional Information
© 2012 IEEE. Manuscript received September 6, 2011; revised November 29, 2011; accepted December 8, 2011; Date of publication January 2, 2012; date of current version April 25, 2012. This work was supported in part by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Space Radiation Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Space Sciences Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley, and Pacific Silicon Sensor, Inc., and was sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The associate editor coordinating the review of this paper and approving it for publication was Prof. Julian C. C. Chan.Additional details
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- 31717
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20120530-131543504
- NASA/JPL/Caltech
- Caltech Space Radiation Laboratory
- U. C. Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory
- Pacific Silicon Sensor, Inc
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2012-05-30Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-09Created from EPrint's last_modified field
- Caltech groups
- Space Radiation Laboratory, NuSTAR
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- Other Numbering System Identifier
- 12694671