Accession Number:

AD0856672

Title:

Guidance and Control Mechanics Test - Attitude Control System Analytical Performance Verification.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

MCDONNELL CO ST LOUIS MO

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1968-04-18

Pagination or Media Count:

35.0

Abstract:

Closed-loop attitude control system analytical performance verification tests were conducted for the Gemini B spacecraft and the mated Gemini B-Manned Orbiting Laboratory MOL configurations. Both manual and automatic modes were tested. The primary concern was the ability to control and display accurately attitude and rates of the Gemini B spacecraft. Tests of the inertial platform were performed on a 3-Axis Flight Motion Simulator, driven by an analog computer. The analog computer also mechanized the dynamic equations of motion for both configurations. Author

Descriptors:

• *ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEMS)
• (*MANNED SPACECRAFT
• (*SPACE STATIONS
• ATTITUDE CONTROL SYSTEMS)
• SPACE CAPSULES
• STABILIZED PLATFORMS
• FLIGHT SIMULATORS
• GIMBALS
• GYRO STABILIZERS
• TEST METHODS

Subject Categories:

• Manned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE