Description of autonomous space navigation system which is capable of providing navigation and guidance during all phases of space mission, including boost, corrective maneuvers, unpowered orbital or deep-space flight, rendezvous operations, terminal guidance and re-entry; system can be either fully automatic or crew-operated; free-rotor electrostatic gyros, dual-mode image tube tracker, new type of electrostatic accelerometer, and advanced computer make up system which can assume specific configurations (body-mounted, gimbaled, or tethered), depending upon vehicle and mission requirements.
Optical-inertial space navigation system
Astronautics Aeronautics
Astronautics and Aeronautics ; 3 , n 6
1965
5 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Englisch
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An optical-inertial space navigation system.
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