RocketCam systems for providing situational awareness on rockets, spacecraft, and other remote platforms
RocketCam systems for providing situational awareness on rockets, spacecraft, and other remote platforms
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RocketCam 系统，用于提供火箭、航天器和其他远程平台的态势感知
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10.1117/12.541974
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2004
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R. Ridenoure
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作者：
R. Ridenoure
源自商业技术的空间成像系统已成功地用于运载火箭若干年。自1997年以来，60多个这样的成像仪-都属于称为RocketCamTM的产品系列-已经成功地在29次发射中运行，涉及大多数美国发射系统。在此期间，这些廉价的系统已经证明了它们在升空和上升事件、助推器性能、分离事件和有效载荷分离操作的工程分析中的实用性，并且还被用来支持和记录有关的地面工程试验。从各种Vantage位置的这种观点不仅提供了关键事件的可视化，而且还提供了令人惊叹和非常积极的公共关系视频内容。近期应用包括捕获地球轨道航天器上的关键事件和相关的近距离操作。本文研究了RocketCams迄今为止在一次性和载人运载火箭上的历史，评估了它们目前在火箭、航天器和其他航空航天器上的效用（例如，无人机），并提供指导，其在选定的国防和安全应用。RocketCams在国防和安全项目中的广泛使用将为开发工作提供关键的工程数据，航空航天器和平台上和周围的大型现场测量数据库，引人注目的公共关系内容，以及为系统设计师和故障审查小组提供新的诊断信息。
Space-borne imaging systems derived from commercial technology have been successfully employed on launch vehicles for several years. Since 1997, over sixty such imagers - all in the product family called RocketCamTM - have operated successfully on 29 launches involving most U.S. launch systems. During this time, these inexpensive systems have demonstrated their utility in engineering analysis of liftoff and ascent events, booster performance, separation events and payload separation operations, and have also been employed to support and document related ground-based engineering tests. Such views from various vantage points provide not only visualization of key events but stunning and extremely positive public relations video content. Near-term applications include capturing key events on Earth-orbiting spacecraft and related proximity operations. This paper examines the history to date of RocketCams on expendable and manned launch vehicles, assesses their current utility on rockets, spacecraft and other aerospace vehicles (e.g., UAVs), and provides guidance for their use in selected defense and security applications. Broad use of RocketCams on defense and security projects will provide critical engineering data for developmental efforts, a large database of in-situ measurements onboard and around aerospace vehicles and platforms, compelling public relations content, and new diagnostic information for systems designers and failure-review panels alike.