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The Delta inertial guidance system, part of the Delta launch vehicle improvement effort, has been flown on three launches and was found to perform as expected for a variety of mission profiles and vehicle configurations.
Space science - navigation - inertial guidance
Analytic platform inertial navigation system using single axis reference and pendulous integrating gyro accelerometer measuring devices
Performance errors analysis of navigation using inertial guidance and radar tracking
Digital computer program for performance analysis of all inertial guidance system along reference trajectories
Behavior of first gimbal stabilization loop for reliability analysis of inertial guidance system
Statistical methods for alignment processing of strapdown inertial guidance systems
During the re-entry phase of a manned satellite, some equipment for continuous on-board indication of position will be required. Since radio and radar may be useless during part of the re-entry, inertial guidance equipment may be required. Such equipment, however, has an inherent instability in the computation of altitude. The present study of an inertial guidance system shows that for reasonable values of initial-condition errors and equipment biases. the resultant position indication errors will not become excessive unless the re-entry maneuver time is greater than 45 minutes to an hour. Further, the position indication error caused by accelerometer uncertainties can be reduced by switching off the accelerometers until their output becomes significantly greater than their uncertainty.
Design and function of major components of spacecraft inertial guidance systems
Inertial guidance problems - Conference, Cambridge, Mass., January 1970
Radio/optical/strapdown inertial guidance systems for unmanned interplanetary flight
Inertial reference unit to provide attitude and thrust maneuver measurements for Lunar Orbiter spacecraft
Design survey review and evolution of Centaur inertial guidance system
Radio/optical/strapdown inertial guidance system for unmanned space missions
Radio/optical/strapdown inertial guidance systems
Design study for support of inertial guidance test facility on gas lubricated compliant surface spherical bearings
Atlas and Saturn vehicle launch data for radio optical strapdown inertial guidance system study
State of the art surveys of electro-optical sensors and strapdown inertial guidance system instruments and sensor assemblies for space probe applications