Cambridge and Logica · 1980–84

Hipparcos accuracy simulation

Simulating the astrometric accuracy of ESA's Hipparcos satellite at Logica UK.

Where

Logica UK Ltd., England

Role

Technical direction of space studies

Also

Earth-resources satellite data-compression studies

At Logica UK, Chris directed technical studies for the European space programme. The principal one was an end-to-end simulation of the astrometric accuracy achievable by Hipparcos, ESA's star-mapping satellite, which launched in 1989 and measured positions and parallaxes for over 100,000 stars.