Infrared tracker for a portable missile launcher

Details Infrared tracker for a portable missile launcher Infrared tracker for a portable missile launcher

1992-03-23

1993-07-13

Eldred, J. Woodrow

Aeronautics and astronautics

Missile stabilization or trajectory control

Remote control

244 313, F41G 700

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052266141

ABSTRACT:
A portable missile launcher (12) has all of the infrared tracker (20) mounted to the same housing (48). The infrared missile beacon image beam (26) is intercepted by a rotating prism (28) which directs a portion of the beam to a narrow field detector (32) and reflects a further portion from a coating (30) onto a wide field detector (34). The detectors (32,34) provide yaw and pitch signals (40,42) which are compared with on-course information producing error signals communicated to the missile for course correction, if needed.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4202515 (1980-05-01), Maxwell, Jr.
patent: 4397429 (1983-08-01), Fouilloy
patent: 4407464 (1983-10-01), Linick
patent: 4967979 (1990-11-01), Balstad
patent: 5082201 (1992-01-01), Le Bars et al.

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