Pointing budgets
Independent zero-mean error sources combine as σ_total = √(Σ σ_i²). Systematic biases that can be calibrated out are excluded; residual calibration error stays in.
Distinguish three related budgets: knowledge (where you think you point — sensors), control (how well the loop follows — adds control error), and payload pointing (adds alignment and structural/thermal distortions). This page RSSes whatever rows you include, so it serves any of the three.
Ground projection at nadir: err ≈ h·θ (θ in radians) — 1″ from 500 km ≈ 2.4 m.
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