Stabilization of Precision Electrooptical Pointing and Tracking Systems

This paper presents the pointing vector and angular rate relationshipsfor various optical elements as well as techniques developed forestablishing comprehensive analytical models of precision electroopticalstabilization systems. Since the performance of such systemsmay be critically dependent on the disturbance environment and theintegrity of the associated mechanism, these factors are also examinedin detail.

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