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High-Sensitivity Quartz Accelerometer for Measurements of Small Accelerations of Spacecraft

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A quartz sensor of small accelerations with a capacitive transducer is designed and produced, allowing one to measure spacecraft accelerations with a resolution of 10–7 m/s2 in the range ±10–1 m/s2. The results of calibration of the sensor by the method of inclinations are presented.

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  1. Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Profsoyuznaya 84/32, Moscow, 117997, Russia

    V. M. Gotlib, E. N. Evlanov, B. V. Zubkov, V. M. Linkin & S. N. Podkolzin

  2. Schmidt Joint Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Bol'shaya Gruzinskaya 10, Moscow, 123810, Russia

    A. B. Manukin & V. I. Rebrov

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  1. V. M. Gotlib
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Gotlib, V.M., Evlanov, E.N., Zubkov, B.V. et al. High-Sensitivity Quartz Accelerometer for Measurements of Small Accelerations of Spacecraft. Cosmic Research 42, 54–59 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:COSM.0000017562.59500.d3

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