METHOD FOR DETERMINING ORIENTATION OF SPACE OR AIR CRAFTS AND DEVICE FOR ITS IMPLEMENTATION Russian patent published in 2017 - IPC B64G1/36 G01C17/34 

FIELD: aviation.

SUBSTANCE: group of inventions relates to orientation control of the space (SC) and air crafts (AC) by means of sensing elements. The device comprises sensors (S) of craft orientation (gyroscopic or stellar) relative to the inertial coordinate system positioned on the base. Two or more S of angular measurement are mounted on each of the mentioned S between the orientation S and the base. S of angular measurement comprises a radiation source and a radiation receiver mounted on the base, and a reflective element - at one of the orientation S. These elements are mounted so that the planes of the incident and reflected radiation beams are not parallel. Management of mentioned angles (in the data processing unit) allows to eliminate the influence of errors in orientation S position in body-fixed coordinate axes (e.g., due to deformation of the structure) on the measured parameters of the craft orientation.

EFFECT: increased orientational accuracy of the spacecraft or aircraft without increasing the rigidity of their structure.

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