A high-precision 1D dynamic angular measuring system based on linear CCD for Fengyun-2 meteorological satellite

The Fengyun-2 (FY-2) meteorological satellite uses a one-dimensional dynamic angular measuring system to evaluate the stepping accuracy of the scanning mirror. The basic principle of this angular measurement is detecting the light-spot position displacement using a linear charge-coupled device (CCD). This paper presents the design of this non-contact and non-destructive measuring system. To achieve high repeatability and accuracy the centroid method is employed to estimate the light-spot energy gravity, with 20-segment polygonal approximations as a nonlinear compensation. Experimental results show that the measurement system can achieve dynamic angular measurement with up to ±5″ accuracy and 3.5″ repeatability, which makes a credible evaluation for the scanning mirror of FY-2 meteorological satellite.