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). 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 at 1 rpm with respect to the stable platform. The effect is to partially cancel certain instrument errors associated with the revolving instruments. Conversion 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 the report. (Author)
Titan IIIC Guidance with the Carousel VB (Vehicle Borne) Inertial Guidance System
1972
60 pages
Report
No indication
English
Navigation & Guidance System Components , Space Launch Vehicles & Support Equipment , Launch vehicles(Aerospace) , All-inertial guidance , Ascent trajectories , Parking orbit trajectories , Transfer trajectories , Telemeter systems , Special purpose computers , Inertial navigation , Programming(Computers) , Titan , Titan 3 , Titan 3C launch vehicles
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