Location
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/Discovery Rooms
Start Date
21-4-1992 2:00 PM
Description
The Guidance and Control Unit (GCU) provides, in a self-contained package, significant cost, weight, reliability and power advantages over the present gimballed guidance system and digital computer packages. The GCU includes a strapdown acceleration and angular motion sensing system, a general purpose flight control processor, and all required I/O necessary for vehicle and ground interfaces. The GCU design is based upon an existing space qualified, production navigator modified to meet Titan IV unique vehicle needs. The GCU incorporates a robust mechanical design capable of withstanding launch induced vibration and shock, flight temperature and altitude variations, as well as all environments required in MIL-STEM540B. The electrical design incorporates piece parts that are space qualified and space radiation tolerant.
Paper Session I-A - A New Guidance & Control Unit for the Titan IV Vehicle
Howard Johnson Plaza-Hotel, Atlantis/Discovery Rooms
The Guidance and Control Unit (GCU) provides, in a self-contained package, significant cost, weight, reliability and power advantages over the present gimballed guidance system and digital computer packages. The GCU includes a strapdown acceleration and angular motion sensing system, a general purpose flight control processor, and all required I/O necessary for vehicle and ground interfaces. The GCU design is based upon an existing space qualified, production navigator modified to meet Titan IV unique vehicle needs. The GCU incorporates a robust mechanical design capable of withstanding launch induced vibration and shock, flight temperature and altitude variations, as well as all environments required in MIL-STEM540B. The electrical design incorporates piece parts that are space qualified and space radiation tolerant.
