The desired VECO insertion velocities are determined in flight as those required to achieve the preflight-specified coast ellipse from the actual flight path being followed by the Atlas in powered flight. All Atlas mission objectives were satisfied. The system is highly mobile and fits into a MILSPEC. Fulfillment of the insertion parameters at the termination of Atlas powered flight placed the upper stage vehicle at the proper space position with the required velocity for continuation of the mission by the second stage Agena vehicle. The system consists of the air vehicle with an EYE-X HD1 sensor and a rugged ground control station. The operation of all Atlas systems was satisfactory throughout flight. Held and maintained a SECRET security clearance during my Air. It was later developed as a launch vehicle to carry a payload to low Earth orbit on its own, and later to geosynchronous. Skilled in rigging aircraft doors, flight controls, landing gear, and engine throttle systems. Atlas D was first used as an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to deliver a nuclear weapon payload on a suborbital trajectory. Even when an aircraft uses variant flight control surfaces such as a V-tail ruddervator, flaperons, or elevons, because these various combined-purpose control surfaces control rotation about the same three axes in space, the aircraft's flight control system will still be designed so that the stick or yoke controls pitch and roll conventionally, as will the rudder pedals for yaw. The upper stage vehicle was boosted into the specified coast ellipse, AtlasAgena separation was properly accomplished, and telemetry data were obtained for Atlas systems analysis. The SM-65D Atlas, or Atlas D, was the first operational version of the U.S. The Atlas flight objectives were fully satisfied. This was the eightieth Atlas to be employed in the AtlasAgena programs. As such, Atlas provides an excellent system from which an EDS can be designed and flight tested prior to the first operational mission. Extensive failure analysis has been completed during the development of the Atlas. This arrangement replaces mechanical linkage and means that the pilot inputs do. Abstract: Atlas 7123, the thirty-first Atlas boost vehicle to be used in support of this particular AtlasAgena program, was successfully launched from SLC-4E on 16 September 1966. The Atlas Expendable Launch Vehicle is a flight-proven system with a long heritage of mission success. Fly-by-Wire (FBW) is the generally accepted term for those flight control systems which use computers to process the flight control inputs made by the pilot or autopilot, and send corresponding electrical signals to the flight control surface actuators.
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