A Guidance System for Aiming a Spectrometer Field of View at the Sun


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Abstract

The design and principle of operation of a mirror system that was designed for the automatic guidance of a spectrometer field of view with an aperture of 25 mm at the Sun and tracking the Sun with an accuracy of up to 1 mrad are described. The spectrometer will be installed on a landing platform on the surface of Mars. A prototype with a mass of 900 g was manufactured and tested.

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B. E. Moshkin

Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: bmoha@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997

A. V. Zharkov

Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: bmoha@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997

I. A. Maslov

Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: bmoha@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997

O. V. Sazonov

Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: bmoha@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 117997

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