A GENERALIZED FORMULATION FOR INERTIAL NAVIGATORS AND GRAVITATIONALLY STABILIZED SATELLITES

Abstract

This report provides a three-dimensional mathematical analysis of two types of inertial navigators in use today. The resulting analytical expressions give the inertial navigators' position and azimuth errors in terms of the sensing instrument performance. The same equations can be used in analyzing the rotational motion of a gravitationally stabilized satellite. The results of this study may prove to be applicable to mobile missile programs, which at present propose to use systems of the sort analyzed here. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 10, 1961
Accession Number
AD0256871

Entities

People

  • G. Gordon
  • M.c. Smith

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Equations
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Navigators
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space