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Technical Information S u m m a r y Concerning SATURN Vehicle SA-2

I k i s m e m o r a n d u m outlines, tkrcugh a s e r i e s of s k e t c h e s , s o m e of iin;?o:taEt f e a t u r e s and sequences ccncer*ning the second SATURN vehicle. mi i s sketches a r e devoted p r i m a r i l y t o the c a n t r o l and i n s t r u m e n t a t i o n l as;,zcts of the vehicle but a l s o touch 02 J l c ;atlcch facility and countdown sc:ledv.le.
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The S A T U R N C - l P r o g r a m has a s its p r i m a r y objective, the

deveio,l-,-,ent of a l a r g e two s t a g e vehicle for u s e i n s p a c e o p e r a t i o n s . T e n i . v - e - u c l e s are planned f o r the r e s e a r c h ~ r - dcvelopment phase and a r e d bivi6ed i-nto Block I ( S A - l through S A - 4 ) am: Block 11 (SA-5 through SA-1C). r n I n c f i r s t four S A T U X N vehicles will be1lau::,e5ed f r o m complex V L F 34 a t Cz;:e C a c a v e r a i , on ai? azirncth of 100 deg;r:: 3 % - 2 s t of X o r t h . The g e n e r a l -arrangei12ent of launch complex VLF 3:: is 5 ~ ; ~ : : -iil F i g G r e ?.'

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Even though t h i s did not have a n y L i A cr o g r a m comma_n_ds,2 s expected. p a p p r e c i a b i e eiiect on the stabiiity of the veliicle, a "smooth" tiit p r o g r a m is being introdiiced on SA-2 and subseq?rc:n: vehicles. (See F i g u r e 7).
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Control information is sucplicd to the F l i g h t Control Computer the following control s e n s o r s : a. T h e ST-90 Stabilized I-)lat-orm Sys tern which p r o v i d e s the attitude r e f e r e n c e sigizals, arid 5. The L o c a l Angle -oT-Actsck T r a n s d u c e r s which p r o vide the zcgle - o f - a t t i c k sign;. .s. The n e c e s s a r y attixude raze izformztion i s obtained by e l e c t r i c a l differentiation of the t h r e e attitude signals in the F l i g h t Control Computer by m e a n s of R - C networks.
his computer f i l t e r s , am-pliE,es a n d / o r a t t e n u a t e s , s h a p e s , t h e s e signals and i n t u r n i s s u e s s t e e r i n g c o r x c a n d s t o the eight i,>riirauliC a c t u a t o r s f o r p r o p e r 2ositicnlr-g c,f the four o & e r H-1 engines, which ~The c o n t r o l s y s t e m gain f a c t o r s C Z L C C L Lvehicle control in plzch, yaw aad roil. ( z 0 , ai, and ha')for the pitch, yaw an5 r o l l a x e s a r e shown i n F i g u r e 6, s l a n g with the engine a n d control a c t - ~ t s .=cations. Sloshing of the p r o p e l l r 2 3 : s i! t h e S-I s t a g e is r e d u c e d by thz anxi-slosh baffles t o the l e v e l w h e r e r! it does a o t significantly affect the con-rol s y s t e m . Firs?:and second bending m o d e influences o n the control sysrem & r e s u p p r e s s e d b y p h a s e s h a p ing a n d / o r attenuation of those f r e q c a c i e s ( ~ to ~4 c p s ) and ( ~ to a12 c p s ) 2 6 ill he Flight CoEtrol C o m l u t e r . (See Figui-e 1 1 ) .
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E t c h p r o g r a m m i n g ol i:~ V=-..C-PS provided by a c a m device I ( l o c a t e d in the S e r v o Loop Amplifier Ecx; ' r h l c h contains the p r e - s e l e c t e d tilt p r o g r a m , The p r i r x a r y 28 v. d. c. ;ower f o r the vehicle s y s t e m is supplied b y two 2650 a m p - m i n . capacity b z x z r t e s . T h e s e b a t t e r i e s a l s o supply power t o rhe 1800 VA R o t a i y I n v e r t e r wnich 2rovic.cs 400 cycle, 115 v. a, c. power f o r the vehicie s y s t e m s .

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A Guidance Siqnal P r o c e s s o r - R e p e a t e r which p r o c e s s e s t h e digital velocity signa:, and conditions ?l;err l o r t e l e m e t e r i n g .
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d. A CGntroi Signal Prcces: or which converts t h e attitude r a t e information to d. c . control s i g n d a ziid conditions t h e m f o r t e l e m e t e r i n g .
e . P i t c h a n d yaw Control A c c e l e r o m e t e r s which m e a s u r e converis x h e s i g n a l s to d. c . c o n t r o l s i g n a l s l a t e r a l vehicle accele:ations, and c0nditiGi;ls t h e m for t e l e m e t e r i n g .
f . A Q-bail T r a n s d u c e r whic2 m e a s u r e s pitch and yaw a n g l e s olc-zttack ar,d dynamic p r e s s u r e , c o n v e r t s ;he s i g n a l s to d. c. and conditions t h e m for t e l e m e t e r i n g .
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The b a s i c fligkt t r a j e c t o r y fc:: SA-2 (with all eight engines

o2ersting; is outlined i n F i g u r e 4 . The tilt p r o g r a m is b a s e d on the s e v e n ecgines operating c a s e . The vel-;c'-. p;t& a q l e -of-attack brought about iL by this c o m p r o m i s e is r a s h e r smzlP a:ld tk-crefore acceptable f r o m the - ~ c o n t r o l standpoint. Cutoff of :he ~ Z ~ G L Le;lgliies is initiated by the p r o p e l l ar,t l e v e l sensors arou-d 111 seconds &.f,er lii-loif. The outboard engines a r e cut o f s i x seconds l a ~ z by a sigic-zi frorn the P r o g r a m Device. f r
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1h.e te?emzt;.y sys,en; o-' ~.1+: s e p a r a t e 3F lirks, has 30 components. F i g u r e 9 S ~ O - Y S t h e type of t z l e m e t r y unit, its t r a n s m i t t e r lcrequency, a n d m e a s c y i n g ca2a.city. FM/E'M is used extensively on SA-2. ,-n I W O SS/ZM Gnits which a r e u s e d tzi ::z-isr:it high frequency information ( v i b r a t i o n and a c c o u s n c a ? m e z s ~ ~ e m e ; ? - ' . h a v e b e e n added to SA-2. s)
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a. Commaiid System-: Tke finctiori of t h e command s y s t e m is to r e c e i v e a R. F. col-ilmand sigoai f r o m the groucd t r a n s m i t t e r ( r a n g e saiety officer) to e n e r g i z e Lie vehicles f u = l d i s p e r s i o n s y s t e m (vehicle comx-nand d e s t r u c t ) . Range safety require:, that each vehicle launched f r o m the Atlantic iMissile Range c a r r y a comm-and d e s t r u c t s y s t e m . The s y s t e m is co-mprised of two s e p a r a t e and in2ependent units; the only i t e m s that a r e common are the anteni2as ai:? some caLiing. E a c h unit r e c e i v e s its 2 o w e r f r o m a s e p a r a t e 28 v. d. c. b a t t e r y .
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On the SA-2 flight, r e l e a s e of the w a t e r b a l l a s t in the S-IV and S - V d u m m y s t a g e s w i l l be m a d e ( P r o j 2 c t Highwater - See F i g u r e 3 ) . The r e l e a s e will be by command f r o m the r a n g e safety officer through the vehicle command d e s t r u c t s y s t e m , aboiit 45 seconds a f t e r cutoff. m l h i s e x p e r i m e n t will also b e a positive ter;:: of t h e S-I s t a g e command d e s t r u ct system.

b. Azusa and C-Band 3adai. S y s t e m s : T h e s e s y s t e m s provide sisr,a?s to a ground computer com-l;lez to ci>tainposition and velocity i n f o r m x i ation. mi i e s e e r a j e c t o r y daia a r e pre,e:lrltecc 0 1plotting b o a r d s f o r the r a n g e szIz~y officer t o u s e in detern?irir-g !i.ea; .,riel vehicle p e r f o r m a n c e . In addirion, they a r e a l s o u s e d f o r the post Eight evaluation of the vehicles trajectory.

S - B a c a Pack%arid U D O P S y s t e m s : T h e s e s y s t e m s p r o vide t r a j e c t o r y data ( v e h i c l e PositiGil a m i i-3locity) f o r t h e post Light e v a l m t i o n 0 ; die v e h i c l e s p e r f o r m a n c e .

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