The Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC) was a computer that provided the autopilot for the Saturn V rocket from launch, through Earth orbit insertion...
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Apollo (spacecraft) (category Spacecraft launched by Saturn rockets)
launch vehicle and a launch escape system (LES) to carry the crew in the command module safely away from the launch vehicle in the event of a launch emergency...
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NCR computers such as the NCR 315 (also called slabs in this context) and Burroughs large systems 13-bit: Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC)...
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astronauts for manual reentry. The computer was architecturally similar to the Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer, in particular in the instruction...
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Saturn V instrument unit (category Guidance computers)
After clearing the launch tower, a flight program stored in the launch vehicle digital computer (LVDC) commanded a roll of the vehicle to orient it so that...
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A platform-specific data size used for some historical digital hardware Many early computers were decimal, and a few were ternary The UNIVAC 1005 addresses...
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Project Gemini (section Launch vehicle)
Spacecraft On-Board Computer (OBC), was very similar to the Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer. The Gemini Guidance Computer weighed 58.98 pounds...
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pronounced as pings. Each lunar mission had two additional computers: The Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC) on the Saturn V booster instrumentation ring...
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LVM3 (redirect from Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III)
The Launch Vehicle Mark-3 or LVM3 (previously referred as the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III or GSLV Mk III) is a three-stage medium-lift...
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first art installation on the Moon during the broadcast of the Apollo 16 launch. In May 1972, Scott learned that Van Hoeydonck planned to make and sell...
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LVDC may refer to: Launch Vehicle Digital Computer Launch Vehicle Data Center, hosted at the Spacecraft Assembly and Checkout Building Las Vegas Design...
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Spacecraft On-Board Computer (OBC), was very similar to the Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer. The Gemini Guidance Computer weighed 58.98 pounds...
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Saturn IB (category Vehicles introduced in 1966)
The Saturn IB (also known as the uprated Saturn I) was an American launch vehicle commissioned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)...
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from the LM to show the EVA's progress; or, mounted on a Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), where it could be remotely controlled from Mission Control on Earth...
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plaques were made for Apollo 13, because of the replacement two days before launch of Command Module Pilot Thomas K. "Ken" Mattingly with John L. "Jack" Swigert...
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small-scale computer was later applied in the Launch Vehicle Digital Computer used in the Instrument Unit that guided all Saturn IB and Saturn V vehicles. Components...
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Solid Logic Technology (category IBM computer hardware)
thick-film resistors underneath. ULDs were used in the Launch Vehicle Digital Computer and Launch Vehicle Data Adapter of the Saturn V rocket. Advanced Solid...
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Dashboard (redirect from Digital speedometer)
the vehicle's operation. An electronic equivalent may be called an electronic instrument cluster, digital instrument panel, digital dash, digital speedometer...
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introduced the "Cadillac Trip Computer", available on the Cadillac Seville; Chrysler also launched an electric trip computer on its low-end Omni/Horizon...
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Telematics (redirect from Vehicle telematics)
for application in vehicles and to control vehicles on the move Global navigation satellite system technology integrated with computers and mobile communications...
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Triple modular redundancy (category Fault-tolerant computer systems)
voters themselves. In a few TMR systems, such as the Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer and functional triple modular redundancy (FTMR) systems, the...
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hardware Launch vehicles Little Joe II Saturn I Saturn IB Saturn V Launch vehicle components F-1 engine J-2 engine Instrument unit Launch Vehicle Digital Computer...
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system of the Saturn V. Data from the ST-124 were used by the Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (another Instrument Unit component) to compare actual flight...
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2020). "New T-0 of 4:10 p.m. EDT due to upper-level winds; vehicle and payload look good for launch" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 22 August 2022...
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hardware Launch vehicles Little Joe II Saturn I Saturn IB Saturn V Launch vehicle components F-1 engine J-2 engine Instrument unit Launch Vehicle Digital Computer...
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Head of Vehicle Engineering at Corus Automotive. Rawlinson was one of the first people in the UK to use computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-aided engineering...
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This is a list of launches made by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rockets. This was the first developmental...
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SpaceX Starship (redirect from ITS launch vehicle)
Starship is a two-stage fully reusable super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by American aerospace company SpaceX. On April 20, 2023, with...
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In 2014, Polyphony Digital made a long-term partnership with Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for a plan to launch an official FIA Online...
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Electronic license plate (redirect from Digital license plate)
electronic license plate (also referred to as a digital display license plate or a digital license plate) is a vehicle-mounted identification device that emits...
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