ST-124-M3 Inertial Platform - References

References

• Bilstein, Roger E. (1980). Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicles. NASA SP-4206. ISBN 0-16-048909-1. Available on-line: HTML or PDF
• Herman E. Thomason . “General Description of the ST-124M Inertial Platform System.” NASA TN D-2983, dated September 1965. 93 pages. This has clearer figures than most of the PDF documents about the IU, providing the best views of the insides of the gyros and gas bearings. Available on-lin: PDF
• Walter Haeussermann. “Description and Performance of the Saturn Launch Vehicle's Navigation, Guidance, and Control System.” NASA TN D-5869, dated July 1970. 52 pages. Available online: PDF
• Richard L. Moore and Herman E. Thomason. “Gimbal Geometry and Attitude Sensing of the ST-124 Stabilized Platform.” NASA TN D-1118, dated May 1962. An early, and mathematical, rather than descriptive, account of the ST-124. At this date the ST-124 was a 4-gimbal concept, whereas the version that flew had only 3 gimbals.
• B.J. O’Connor. “A Description of the ST-124M Inertial Stabilized Platform and its Application to the Saturn V Launch Vehicle.” Presented to the Herman Oberth-Gesellschaft, Darmstadt, Germany on 26 June 1964. Bendix Corporation Navigation & Control Division, Teterboro, NJ. 39 pp.
• “Astrionics System Handbook Saturn Launch Vehicles”. 1 Nov 1968. MSFC No. IV-4-401-1. IBM No. 68-966-0002.