inertial navigation

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inertial
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɜː.ʃəl/us
/ˌɪnˈɝː.ʃəl/
caused by, using, or relating to inertia (= the physical force that keeps something in the same position or moving in the ...
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navigation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌnæv.ɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌnæv.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
transport
the act of directing a ship, aircraft, etc. from one place to another, or the science of finding a way from one place ...
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All measurement systems have associated noise, andinertialnavigationsystems, which integrate rate information, are therefore subject to orientational drift errors.
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This arrangement also permits ease of system maintenance and makes the addition of devices such asinertialnavigationunits, laser imaging systems, or manipulators possible.
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The advantage ofinertialnavigationsystems is that they are self-contained and can provide very fast and dynamic measurements.
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In this system, called dead reckoning orinertialnavigation, movement is automatically used to update location information.
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The use of aninertialnavigationsystem for path integration would be another alternative to the abovementioned methods.
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They reported a typical error of 12 degrees after 5 minutes (commercial, high-quality and expensiveinertialnavigationsystems have a typical drift of about 2 km after 1 hour).
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I refer not only toinertialnavigationequipment, but to the airborne radar, the cockpit display equipment, and the electro-optic and laser equipment.
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Can we make a great effort in initialinertialnavigationand micro-circuit digital computers, which tell us where we are in space without ground aids?
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People at the meeting pressed for direct routeing for all aircraft withinertialnavigationsystems.
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Guidance is viainertialnavigationwith updating from a global positioning system.
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Aninertialnavigationsystem is a system which continually determines the position of a vehicle from measurements made entirely within the vehicle using sensitive instruments.
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Thus,inertialnavigationis a form of dead reckoning that requires no external input, and therefore is immune to jamming.
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However,inertialnavigationsystems, which provide very accurate directional information, use dead reckoning and are very widely applied.
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This device can be seen as a precursor to the gyroscope used in moderninertialnavigation, although it was not itself a gyroscope.
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Inertialnavigationsystems usually can provide an accurate solution only for a short period of time.
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Moreover, when slaved to the all-axis auto pilot, theinertialnavigationsystem could fly the aircraft hands off to up to nine individual waypoints.
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Aninertialnavigationsystem includes at least a computer and a platform or module containing accelerometers, gyroscopes, or other motion-sensing devices.
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Unlike an artificial horizon orinertialnavigationsystem, a gyro-theodolite can not be relocated while it is operating.
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Theseinertialnavigationsystems guide the rockets through their trajectory to put the satellite in precise orbits.
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In addition to the current position,inertialnavigationsystems also typically estimate a predicted position for future computing cycles.
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