Accession Number:
AD0687215
Title:
ANALYSIS OF AN OPTICAL POSITION DETERMINING DEVICE (SYSTEM 6.1).
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
GENERAL DYNAMICS/ASTRONAUTICS SAN DIEGO CALIF
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1958-08-22
Pagination or Media Count:
20.0
Abstract:
The particular system under consideration takes sightings on Earth and Moon, measures the angles between these sightings and its attitude reference, and then, with a priori knowledge of the Earth-Moon distance calculates its position in a coordinate system.
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Space Navigation and Guidance