Pre-launch Review
GIMBAL LOCK AVOIDANCE
# Copyright: Public domain.# Filename: GIMBAL_LOCK_AVOIDANCE.agc# Purpose: Part of the source code for Comanche, build 055.# It is part of the source code for the Command Module's (CM)# Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC), Apollo 11.# Assembler: yaYUL# Reference: pp. 412-413# Contact: Onno Hommes <ohommes@cmu.edu>.# Website: www.ibiblio.org/apollo.# Mod history: 05/07/09 OH Transcription Batch 1 Assignment## The contents of the "Comanche055" files, in general, are transcribed# from scanned documents.## Assemble revision 055 of AGC program Comanche by NASA# 2021113-051. April 1, 1969.## This AGC program shall also be referred to as Colossus 2A## Prepared by# Massachusetts Institute of Technology# 75 Cambridge Parkway# Cambridge, Massachusetts## under NASA contract NAS 9-4065.## Refer directly to the online document mentioned above for further information.# Please report any errors to info@sandroid.org.
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EBANK= BCDU# DETECTING GIMBAL LOCKLOCSKIRT EQUALS WCALCWCALC LXC,1 DLOAD* RATEINDX ARATE,1 SR4 CALL # COMPUTE THE INCREMENTAL ROTATION MATRIX DELCOMP # DEL CORRESPONDING TO A 1 SEC ROTATION # ABOUT COF DLOAD* VXSC ARATE,1 COF MXV QUADROT STODL BRATE AM DMP DDV* ANGLTIME ARATE,1 SR 5 STOVL TM BRATE VXSC BIASCALE STORE BIASTEMP # ATTITUDE ERROR BIAS TO PREVENT OVERSHOOT # IN SYSTEM SETGO # STATE SWITCH CALCMAN2 (43D) CALCMAN2 # 0(OFF) = BYPASS STARTING PROCEDURE NEWANGL +1 # 1(ON) = START MANEUVER
ARATE 2DEC .0022222222 # = .05 DEG/SEC
2DEC .0088888889 # = .2 DEG/SEC
2DEC .0222222222 # = .5 DEG/SEC
2DEC .0888888889 # = 2 DEG/SEC $22.5 DEG/SEC
ANGLTIME 2DEC .000190735 # = 100B - 19
# MANEUVER ANGLE TO MANEUVER TIME
QUADROT 2DEC .1 # ROTATION MATRIX FROM S/C AXES TO CONTROL
# Page 413 2DEC 0 # AXES (X ROT = -7.25 DEG)
2DEC 0
2DEC 0
2DEC .099200 # =(.1)COS7.25
2DEC -.012620 # =-(.1)SIN7.25
2DEC 0
2DEC .012620 # (.1)SIN7.25
2DEC .099200 # (.1)COS7.25
BIASCALE 2DEC .0002543132 # = (450/180)(1/0.6)(1/16384)