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- Navigation Methods: Inertial Navigation
The Astroinertial Navigation System helped this SR-71 Blackbird's crew set a coast-to-coast speed record of only 68 minutes.
This computer, located in the Alabama’s navigation center, processed the data derived from the gyroscopes and accelerometers.
This is a model of a platform that is isolated from the movements of the ship, allowing those movements to be measured.
The Astroinertial Navigation System provided rapid celestial navigation fixes for the SR-71.
Electronics Technician 1st Class David Schlessinger on board the USS Alabama.
The components pictured here are just part of the Ship’s Inertial Navigation System (SINS) used to steer submarines such as the USS Alabama.
Information about the ship’s position, speed, heading, and attitude were constantly transmitted from the Ship's Inertial Navigation System (SINS).
A modified IBM Selectric typewriter connected to a control unit provided input and output for the system computers.
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