Accession Number:

ADA027530

Title:

Dispersion Control System for Sounding Rockets

Descriptive Note:

Instrumentation papers

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE GEOPHYSICS LAB HANSCOM AFB MA

Personal Author(s):

• Pickell, James R.

Report Date:

1976-03-04

Pagination or Media Count:

76.0

Abstract:

High altitude sounding rockets have always presented a problem to small test ranges such as WSMR because of rocket dispersion. This report presents a strap-on dispersion control system employing a 16-bit microprocessor as its brains that requires only software changes to accommodate different sounding rocket vehicles. Mostly the report contains a detailed explanation of the electronic hardware used, and the software developed, for a Paiute-Tomahawk sounding rocket.

Descriptors:

• *SOUNDING ROCKETS
• *FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS
• DISPERSIONS
• AUTOMATIC PILOTS
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• MICROPROCESSORS
• GUIDANCE COMPUTERS

Subject Categories:

• Rockets

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE