Attitude Determination Techniques for Rockets with Inertial Measuring Systems

Abstract

The implementation of procedures used to calculate the attitude of a rocket from its transmitted gyroscopic roll, pitch, and yaw signals is discussed. The differences and the angular conversions of the output from various inertial attitude systems are presented. Also, a synopsis of the mathematical analysis used to compute attitude is presented. In addition, analyses and data reduction techniques are developed to determine the attitude of the Ute-Tomahawk rocket A09.209-1, fired 16 April 1973 at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1974
Accession Number
ADA009633

Entities

People

  • Brian F. Sullivan
  • Marvin E. Stick
  • Rene J. Marcou

Organizations

  • Boston College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Force
  • Classification
  • Control Systems
  • Conversion
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Reduction
  • Detectors
  • Fourier Series
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Magnetometers
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Measurement
  • New Mexico
  • Security
  • United States

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Proposed Air Force Base Actions.
  • Rocket Propulsion.