Flight Test Report Atlas Missile 71D

Abstract

The primary purpose of this flight was to evaluate the performance of an Atlas missile when the guidance and discrete commands are performed by the all inertial guidance (AIG) system operating closed loop. Another first order objective was to recover the re-entry vehicle and evaluate the heat shield performance. Detailed objectives are listed along with comments relative to the degree of satisfaction of each.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1960
Accession Number
AD0842577

Entities

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Control Surfaces
  • Chemistry
  • Control Systems
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Guidance
  • Ignition
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Inverters
  • Measurement
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Regulators
  • Rockets
  • Sustainer Engines
  • Telemetry
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • Test Equipment

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.