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| has gloss | eng: The Saturn V Instrument Unit is a ring-shaped structure fitted to the top of the Saturn V rockets third stage (S-IVB) and the Saturn IBs second stage (S-IVB). It was immediately below the SLA (Spacecraft/Lunar Module Adapter) panels that contain the Lunar Module. The Instrument Unit contains the guidance system for the Saturn V rocket. Some of the electronics contained within the Instrument Unit are a digital computer, analog flight control computer, emergency detection system, inertial guidance platform, control accelerometers and control rate gyros. The instrument unit (IU) for Saturn V was designed by NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and was developed from the Saturn I IU. NASA's contractor to construct the Saturn V Instrument Unit was International Business Machines (IBM). |
| lexicalization | eng: Saturn V Instrument Unit |
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| has gloss | fin: Saturn V Instrument Unit oli Saturn V- ja Saturn IB -raketeissa käytetty renkaan muotoinen osa, jossa oli raketin ohjaamisesta vastaavaa instrumentointia. Se sijaitsi Saturn V:ssä kolmannen vaiheen (S-IVB) päällä ja Saturn IB:n toisen vaiheen päällä (S-IVB). Yksikön osia olivat muiden muassa digitaalinen tietokone Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer, analoginen lennonohjaustietokone, hätätilanteen tunnistus järjestelmän, inertiaalinen ohjausalusta, ohjauksen kiihtyvyysanturit ja gyroskoopit. |
| lexicalization | fin: Saturn V Instrument Unit |
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| media:img | IUExteriorMk2.jpg |
| media:img | Instrument Unit 514 (IMGP3463mod).jpg |
| media:img | Instrument Unit 514 (IMGP3476mod).jpg |
| media:img | ST-124gimbals.jpg |
| media:img | Saturn IU Mk12cyl3mod2Crop25pct.jpg |
| media:img | Saturn V IU.jpg |
| media:img | Saturn V Instrument Unit.jpg |
| media:img | Saturn instrument Unit.jpg |
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