Engineering topics
Brown, Todd
Publications and source records attributed to Brown, Todd.
The Cassini Reaction Wheels: Drag and Spin-Rate Trends from an Aging Interplanetary Spacecraft at Saturn
No abstract available
Brown, Todd↗
A GNC Perspective of the Launch and Commissioning of NASA's SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive) Spacecraft
No abstract available
Brown, Todd↗
Cassini Reaction Wheel Bearing Drag Performance 1997-2013
No abstract available
Reaction Wheel Assembly (RWA)↗
Photographic films for the Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array
The rocketborne Multi-Spectral Solar Telescope Array (MSSTA) uses an array of Ritchey-Chretien, Cassegrain, and Herschelian telescopes to produce ultrahigh-resolution full-disk images of the sun within the soft X-ray, EUV, and FUV ranges. Such imaging of the solar disk and corona out to several solar radii placed great demands on the MSSTA's data storage capabilities; in addition, its photographic films required very low outgassing rates. Results are presented from calibration tests conducted on the MSSTA's emulsions, based on measurements at NIST's synchrotron facility.
Hoover, Richard B.↗