Abstract

The optical system described generates a linear output signal at small attitude errors when operating over a range of altitudes from 145 km to 640 km. This Honeywell-designed horizon sensor uses only one bolometer and has no frictional moving parts.

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Solid-Backed Evaporated Thermopile Radiation Detectors

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Polarization of the Light Output from a Ruby Optical Maser

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Infrared Radiometric Observations of the Solar Corona During the Total Solar Eclipse of 20 July 1963

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The Quadrant Multiplier Phototube, a New Star-Tracker Sensor

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