Pointing system for the balloon-borne astronomical payloads

Kaipacheri Nirmal; Aickara Gopinathan Sreejith; Joice Mathew; Mayuresh Sarpotdar; Suresh Ambily; Ajin Prakash; Margarita Safonova; Jayant Murthy

doi:10.1117/1.JATIS.2.4.047001

Pointing system for the balloon-borne astronomical payloads

Kaipacheri Nirmal^*, Aickara Gopinathan Sreejith, Joice Mathew, Mayuresh Sarpotdar, Suresh Ambily, Ajin Prakash, Margarita Safonova, Jayant Murthy

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We describe the development and implementation of a light-weight, fully autonomous 2-axis pointing and stabilization system designed for balloon-borne astronomical payloads. The system is developed using off-the-shelf components such as Arduino Uno controller, HMC 5883L magnetometer, MPU-9150 inertial measurement unit, and iWave GPS receiver unit. It is a compact and rugged system which can also be used to take images/video in a moving vehicle or in real photography. The system performance is evaluated from the ground, as well as in conditions simulated to imitate the actual flight by using a tethered launch.

Original language	English
Article number	047001
Journal	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
Volume	2
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.2.4.047001
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Pointing system for the balloon-borne astronomical payloads

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