HERCULES attitude processor: gyro data processing system for real-time geolocation of images captured by astronauts

• Published in: 1993 IEEE Aerospace Applications Conference Digest pp. 169 - 178
• Main Authors: Higgins, R.F., Tront, J.G.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 1993
• Subjects: Cameras; Data processing; Earth; Hardware; Laboratories; Performance evaluation; Real time systems; Software performance; Space shuttles; Space technology

The HERCULES (hand held, earth oriented, real-time, cooperative, user friendly, location, targeting, and environmental system) attitude processor (HAP), a microprocessor-based gyro attitude data processing system used in the geolocation process, is described. The HAP software and hardware structures...