Guidance and Control Mechanics Test - Attitude Control System Analytical Performance Verification.

Abstract

Closed-loop attitude control system analytical performance verification tests were conducted for the Gemini B spacecraft and the mated Gemini B-Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) configurations. Both manual and automatic modes were tested. The primary concern was the ability to control and display accurately attitude and rates of the Gemini B spacecraft. Tests of the inertial platform were performed on a 3-Axis Flight Motion Simulator, driven by an analog computer. The analog computer also mechanized the dynamic equations of motion for both configurations. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 18, 1968
Accession Number
AD0856672

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analog Computers
  • Attitude Control Systems
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Platforms
  • Simulators
  • Spacecraft
  • Stabilized Platforms
  • Verification
  • Verification Tests

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers