ISO Ground Attitude Determination Using Pattern Recognition

A. J. Batten. (1993), JBIS, 46, pp.55-60

Refcode: 1993.46.55

Abstract:

ESA’s Infrared Space Observatory is due to be launched in the mid 1990s. The spacecraft contains a cryogenically cooled telescope, which allows the scientific payload to observe selected celestial sources at infrared wavelengths and bas a lifetime of at least 18 months following the ejection of the cryostat cover. The satellite is three-axis stabilised, having an operational orbit of approximately 24 hours with a perigee height of 1000 km and an apogee height of 70000 km.