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Pointing System for the Balloon-Borne Astronomical Payloads

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arxiv 1609.00184 v2 pith:7KQR6XHM submitted 2016-09-01 astro-ph.IM

Pointing System for the Balloon-Borne Astronomical Payloads

K. Nirmal , A. G. Sreejith , Joice Mathew , Mayuresh Sarpotdar , Ambily Suresh , Ajin Prakash , Margarita Safonova , Jayant Murthy This is my paper
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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 (IMU) 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 areal 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.

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