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The Saturn Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC) was a computer that provided the autopilot for the Saturn V rocket from launch to Earth orbit insertion. Designed and manufactured by IBM's Electronics Systems Center in Owego, N.Y., it was one of the major components of the Instrument Unit, fitted to the S-IVB stage of the Saturn V and Saturn IB rockets. The LVDC also supported pre- and post-launch checkout of the Saturn hardware. It was used in conjunction with the Launch Vehicle Data Adaptor (LVDA) which performed signal conditioning to the sensor inputs to the computer from the launch vehicle.

autopilot lvdc signal conditioning

References

  1. "Virtual AGC — AGS — LVDC — Gemini: Launch Vehicle Digital Computer (LVDC): Saturn IB and Saturn V Rockets". 2009-08-21. http://apollo.josefsipek.net/LVDC.html. 
  2. Saturn Launch Vehicles TR X-881 https://web.archive.org/web/20050416215829/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710065502_1971065502.pdf
  3. Haeussermann 1970, pp. 30-31.
  4. Apollo Study Report, Volume 2, pages 3-36 to 3-37. The log book for the LVDC at National Air and Space Museum says the dimensions were 31x13.1x13 inches and the weight was 90 pounds.
  5. M.M. Dickinson, J.B. Jackson, G.C. Randa. IBM Space Guidance Center, Owego, NY. "Saturn V Launch Vehicle Digital Computer and Data Adapter." Proceedings of the Fall Joint Computer Conference, 1964
  6. Apollo Study Report, Volume 2, page 3-4.
  7. Apollo Study Report, Volume 2, page 2-37
  8. Haeussermann 1970, pp. 23.
  9. Pugh, Emerson; Johnson; Palmer, John (1991). IBM's 360 and Early 370 Systems. MIT Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0262161237. https://archive.org/details/ibms360early370s0000pugh. 
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