Titan IIIC Guidance with the Carousel VB Inertial Guidance System. Reissue A

Abstract

The Titan 3C Standard Space Launch Vehicle, starting with Vehicle 26, will use the Carousel VB Inertial Guidance System for navigation, guidance, and digital flight controls. This guidance system consists of a Carousel VB Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) and a MAGIC 352 Missile Guidance Computer (MGC), both manufactured by Delco Electronics, General Motors Corporation. The C-VB IMU is a modification of the C-IVB inertial navigator currently in airline service as a primary navigation system. A unique feature of the Carousel IMU is that two of the three gyro/accelerometer sets are revolved a 1 rpm with respect to the stable platform. The effect is to partially cancel certain instrument errors associated with the revolving instruments. Coversion of this instrument from commercial airline navigation service to guidance and control of the rocket boost vehicle presented a guidance software design task that is the subject of this paper.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 1975
Accession Number
ADA040475

Entities

People

  • J. B. Shaul
  • T. E. Darnaud

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Sensors
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accelerometers
  • Air Force
  • Angular Momentum
  • Apogees
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Equations
  • Guidance
  • Inertial Measurement Units
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Inertial Navigation Systems
  • Navigation
  • Orbits
  • Parking Orbits
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Rocket Engines

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers