Lightweight Suntracker for Balloon Applications
- 1 May 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 31 (5) , 546-550
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1931247
Abstract
A lightweight inexpensive suntracker for balloon applications is described. The entire tracking system including power supplies for a 12-hr flight weighs 1.76 kg. The system has demonstrated in the laboratory a capability of pointing a 1.42-kg load at the sun within ±0.12°. A very simple and reliable acquisition and tracking technique is employed which uses no vacuum tubes or transistors.Keywords
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- Balloon-Borne System for Tracking the SunReview of Scientific Instruments, 1956