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The Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS) Program
| dc.contributor.author | Townsend, Marjorie R. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-21T22:53:12Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-21T22:53:12Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 1968-10 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0884-5123 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0074-9079 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/606546 | en |
| dc.description | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 08-11, 1968 / Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles, California | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | One of NASA's newest Explorer class satellite programs, the Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS), will provide much-needed information in the most recently studied fields of astronomy, X-ray, Gamma-ray, UV and IR. This paper will describe the basic spacecraft functions with emphasis on its key feature, the SAS control system, as proposed for early sky surveys, and the changes needed in it for later flights which will require a pointing capability of one arc-minute or better. Its flexibility and versatility for application to many different types of astronomy experiments will be examined. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en |
| dc.publisher | International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.relation.url | http://www.telemetry.org/ | en |
| dc.rights | Copyright © International Foundation for Telemetering | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| dc.title | The Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS) Program | en_US |
| dc.type | text | en |
| dc.type | Proceedings | en |
| dc.contributor.department | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | International Telemetering Conference Proceedings | en |
| dc.description.collectioninformation | Proceedings from the International Telemetering Conference are made available by the International Foundation for Telemetering and the University of Arizona Libraries. Visit http://www.telemetry.org/index.php/contact-us if you have questions about items in this collection. | en |
| refterms.dateFOA | 2018-08-14T02:45:30Z | |
| html.description.abstract | One of NASA's newest Explorer class satellite programs, the Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS), will provide much-needed information in the most recently studied fields of astronomy, X-ray, Gamma-ray, UV and IR. This paper will describe the basic spacecraft functions with emphasis on its key feature, the SAS control system, as proposed for early sky surveys, and the changes needed in it for later flights which will require a pointing capability of one arc-minute or better. Its flexibility and versatility for application to many different types of astronomy experiments will be examined. |
