Modeling and Control of Antennas and Telescopes

• Main Author: Gawronski, Wodek (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
• Series: Mechanical Engineering Series,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Structural mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Control engineering.; Robotics.; Mechatronics.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Mechanical Engineering.; Control, Robotics, Mechatronics.; Structural Mechanics.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Modeling and Control of Antennas and Telescopes presents the author’s research and field experience in the area of antenna modeling, dynamics, and control. The required spacecraft tracking accuracy of 1 mdeg was the impetus for the new approaches to the antenna controls that use model based controll...