Roll measurement system for flight vehicle

Details Roll measurement system for flight vehicle Roll measurement system for flight vehicle

1986-07-11

1987-04-07

Buczinski, Stephen C.

Boots, shoes, and leggings

318585, 340975, G06F 1550, G05D 108, G01C 2300

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H00002470

ABSTRACT:
A roll measurement system for a flight vehicle, such as a tank-launched ged projectile or guided missile, includes a power source and a pulsed laser, such as a laser diode, which propagates a laser beam which is focused into a narrow conical beam and directed toward the earth. The laser beam's reflections from the earth are detected, for example, by a photo-diode, and converted into an analog electrical signal. The signal is converted to digital form and analyzed to determine its nadir (the shortest path-length to the earth). A microcomputer compares the immediate nadir determination with stored nadir determinations to compute the angle and rate of roll of the flight vehicle.

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