Design study for a high-accuracy three-axis test table

A comprehensive study of principal features affecting the design and fabrication of a high-accuracy three-axis test table was completed. The improved, third-generation motion simulation test equipment is intended for advanced guidance and navigation component testing. The work produced analytical models for predicting the table's overall pointing accuracy and rate stability. The subsystem performance requirements support more than an order-of-magnitude improvement over present state-of-the-art pointing accuracy and rate stability.