Design features and functions of guidance computer used as navigational aid for lunar landing with Apollo space vehicle; using integrated circuits, computer will determine whether astronauts are on course and help them turn corners when time comes; during free-fall phases system determines state of vehicle, e.g. orbital elements, position or velocity which are part of open-loop navigation process; during powered phases system directly controls translation and rotation of vehicle; these are closed-loop guidance functions; characteristics of memories.


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    Title :

    Electronic navigator charts man's path to moon


    Additional title:

    Electronics


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Electronics ; 40 , n 1


    Publication date :

    1967


    Size :

    10 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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