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Stellar Navigation Still Used (Partially) on (Some) Military Aircraft
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2006 Aug 15, 12:32 -0500
Northrop Grumman Stellar Navigation System Makes its First Flight on RC-135
Aircraft
by Staff Writers
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2006
The new LN-120G stellar navigation system developed by Northrop
Grumman Corporation has successfully completed its first flight test
on RC-135 aircraft. The LN-120G is a GPS-augmented stellar inertial
navigation system that tracks stars day and night.
It uses the information about a star's location to refine the
positioning information provided by the aircraft's inertial navigation
systems. Repeating this process enables the LN-120G to provide heading
information accurate to 20 arc seconds -- the highest accuracy
available in the world.
More:
<http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Stellar_Navigation_System_Makes_Its_First_Flight_On_RC_135_Aircraft_999.html>
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Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@unb.ca
Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/
Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142
University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943
Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3
Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/
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From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2006 Aug 15, 12:32 -0500
Northrop Grumman Stellar Navigation System Makes its First Flight on RC-135
Aircraft
by Staff Writers
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2006
The new LN-120G stellar navigation system developed by Northrop
Grumman Corporation has successfully completed its first flight test
on RC-135 aircraft. The LN-120G is a GPS-augmented stellar inertial
navigation system that tracks stars day and night.
It uses the information about a star's location to refine the
positioning information provided by the aircraft's inertial navigation
systems. Repeating this process enables the LN-120G to provide heading
information accurate to 20 arc seconds -- the highest accuracy
available in the world.
More:
<http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Stellar_Navigation_System_Makes_Its_First_Flight_On_RC_135_Aircraft_999.html>
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Richard B. Langley E-mail: lang@unb.ca
Geodetic Research Laboratory Web: http://www.unb.ca/GGE/
Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone: +1 506 453-5142
University of New Brunswick Fax: +1 506 453-4943
Fredericton, N.B., Canada E3B 5A3
Fredericton? Where's that? See: http://www.city.fredericton.nb.ca/
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