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Summary of OARE flight calibration measurementsTo date, the Orbital Acceleration Research Experiment (OARE) has flown on the shuttle orbiter for five missions; namely, STS-40, STS-50, STS-58, STS-62, and STS-65. The OARE instrument system contains a three-axis accelerometer which can resolve accelerations to the nano-g (10(exp -9) g) level and a full calibration station to permit in situ bias and scale factor calibration measurements. This calibration capability eliminates the large uncertainty encountered with accelerometers flown in the past on the orbiter which use ground-based calibrations to provide absolute acceleration measurements. A detailed flight data report presentation is given for the OARE calibration measurements from all missions, along with an estimate of the calibration errors. The main aim is to collect, process, and present the calibration data in one archival report. These calibration data are the necessary key ingredient to produce the absolute acceleration levels from the OARE acceleration flight data.
Document ID
19950016595
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Technical Memorandum (TM)
Authors
Blanchard, Robert C. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Nicholson, John Y. (Vigyan Research Associates, Inc. Hampton, VA., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1995
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Report/Patent Number
NASA-TM-109159
NAS 1.15:109159
Accession Number
95N23012
Funding Number(s)
PROJECT: RTOP 242-80-01-01
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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