A Star-Pointing Attitude Control System for Skylark.

Abstract

A three-axis star-pointing attitude control system has been developed for the Skylark sounding rocket. The system uses a simple strap-down inertial system to carry out precision manoeuvres to locate the target star, starting from an initial moon-pointing orientation. The star sensor is capable of providing adequate error information for stars down to visual magnitude 5. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0760255

Entities

People

  • J. K. Abbott

Organizations

  • Royal Aircraft Establishment

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Attitude Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Maneuvers
  • Orientation (Direction)
  • Precision
  • Rockets
  • Sounding Rockets

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Military Engineering.