Aeronautics and astronautics – Missile stabilization or trajectory control – Remote control
Patent
1976-09-13
1978-06-27
Pendegrass, Verlin R.
Aeronautics and astronautics
Missile stabilization or trajectory control
Remote control
244 314, 356152, F42B 1500
Patent
active
040970078
ABSTRACT:
A missile guidance system in which a projectile or missile is fired toward predetermined target with the missile being tracked on its flight toward the target by radar, processing the radar information in a computer apparatus and finally computing a new trajectory from the missile to the target and transmitting correction signals to a correction device on the missile including thrusters on the missile to cause the trajectory of the missile to be changed to the newly computed trajectory for the missile. This system corrects the trajectory of the missile while in flight by recomputing a trajectory from the missile to the predetermined target and making appropriate corrections each time. Thisenables the missile to only contain radar reflecting means, and correction detection and control means on the missile rather than having gyro and other type devices on board the missile which take up a considerable amount of space and weight.
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Fagan James J.
McKnight William B.
Otto William F.
Deaton James T.
Edelberg Nathan
Gibson Robert P.
Pendegrass Verlin R.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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