GB1353285A - Star tracker system - Google Patents

Star tracker system

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Publication number
GB1353285A
GB1353285A GB3845972A GB1353285DA GB1353285A GB 1353285 A GB1353285 A GB 1353285A GB 3845972 A GB3845972 A GB 3845972A GB 1353285D A GB1353285D A GB 1353285DA GB 1353285 A GB1353285 A GB 1353285A
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gimbal
stellar
sensing device
platform
gimbals
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GB3845972A
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Singer Co
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Singer Co
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01C—MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY OR VIDEOGRAMMETRY
    • G01C21/00—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00
    • G01C21/10—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 by using measurements of speed or acceleration
    • G01C21/12—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 by using measurements of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning
    • G01C21/16—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 by using measurements of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation
    • G01C21/165—Navigation; Navigational instruments not provided for in groups G01C1/00 - G01C19/00 by using measurements of speed or acceleration executed aboard the object being navigated; Dead reckoning by integrating acceleration or speed, i.e. inertial navigation combined with non-inertial navigation instruments

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Radar, Positioning & Navigation (AREA)
  • Remote Sensing (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Gyroscopes (AREA)

Abstract

1353285 Inertial navigation systems; SINGER CO 17 Aug 1972 38459/72 Heading G1C and G1F An inertial navigation system having a gyrostabilized platform 11 is provided with a stellar sensing device 21 which is supported on the platform 11 by a gimbal arrangement 49, 51, the gimbal arrangement being arranged to support a gyroscope 25 which is fixed to the stellar sensing device and has its spin axis arranged parallel to the line of sight of the stellar sensing device. The platform 11 which supports gyros 13 and accelerometers 17 is attached to a gimbal member 31 which is pivotally connected by way of further gimbal members 33, 37 to the frame 16 of the vessel on which the apparatus is mounted, the gimbals 31, 33, 37 being positionally controlled by torques 35, 39, 41 under the control of the gyro 13. Both the stellar sensing device 21 and the gyroscope 25 are mounted for rotation about two perpendicular axes by an elevation gimbal 49 and an azimuth gimbal 51, the gimbals 49, 51 being rotatable by torques 57, 53 and the amount of rotation being signalled by encoders 55, 59.
GB3845972A 1972-08-17 1972-08-17 Star tracker system Expired GB1353285A (en)

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GB3845972 1972-08-17

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Cited By (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2222676A (en) * 1988-09-07 1990-03-14 Israel Aircraft Ind Ltd Navigational gyroscope with mounting means
US5161242A (en) * 1989-01-24 1992-11-03 Boulay Peter C Automated repeating sextant (ARS)
US8125564B2 (en) 2003-09-04 2012-02-28 Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment Stabilized camera platform system

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2222676A (en) * 1988-09-07 1990-03-14 Israel Aircraft Ind Ltd Navigational gyroscope with mounting means
US5074159A (en) * 1988-09-07 1991-12-24 Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. Gyroscopic sensor lock for navigation apparatus
US5161242A (en) * 1989-01-24 1992-11-03 Boulay Peter C Automated repeating sextant (ARS)
US8125564B2 (en) 2003-09-04 2012-02-28 Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment Stabilized camera platform system

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PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee