Inside the Globus INK: a mechanical navigation computer for Soviet spaceflight (www.righto.com)
from mozz@mbin.grits.dev to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org on 29 Apr 2024 00:30
https://mbin.grits.dev/m/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org/t/134364

“Different Globus units needed to be built for different orbits. Moreover, this design only handles circular orbits, making it useless during orbit changes such as rendezvous and docking. These were such significant limitations that some cosmonauts wanted the Globus removed from the control panel, but it remained until it was replaced by a computer display in Soyuz-TMA (2002).”

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