Object Details
- Manufacturer
- AC Spark Plug Division, General Motors Corporation
- Summary
- This is a type of gyroscope used in a number of inertial guidance systems, including the Polaris Submarine-launched ballistic missile and the Apollo Command Module guidance system. It was designed at the MIT Instrumentation Lab in Cambridge, Mass., and manufactured by the AC Spark Plug Division of General Motors in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Delphi Electronics & Safety
- Inventory Number
- A20090047000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Navigational
- Materials
- Steel
- Aluminum
- Plastic
- Ceramic
- Copper Alloy
- Unknown Metal
- Textile
- Coating
- Synthetic
- Dimensions
- 3-D (Misc. Hardware: Largest): 13.3 × 7.6 × 6.7cm (5 1/4 × 3 × 2 5/8 in.)
- 3-D (Misc. Hardware: Smallest): 3.5 × 3.5 × 4.1cm (1 3/8 × 1 3/8 × 1 5/8 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A20090047000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9f7357c48-63df-43ae-a2b9-3b6c25fb0c02
