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SINS Mk2 Mod 6
Item Details
Model Number: Mk2 Mod 6
Manufactured: 1950's (early versions) up to 2006
Period of Use: 1959 to early 2000s
Description:
Designed specifically for long-term seaboard use aboard Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines. The MOD 6 configuration added a 4th gyro as a monitor to limit errors.
Designed specifically for long-term seaboard use aboard Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines. The MOD 6 configuration added a 4th gyro as a monitor to limit errors.
Item History:
Developed for Polaris submarine program in late 1955. Created to support submarine-launched missile capability. Designed by MIT Instrumentation Laboratory and Sperry Gyroscope Corporation. Used in Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines from 1959 to early 2000s. Used an embedded Mardan computer with 1950s technology. Utilized gas spin bearings and advanced gyro technologies.
Developed for Polaris submarine program in late 1955. Created to support submarine-launched missile capability. Designed by MIT Instrumentation Laboratory and Sperry Gyroscope Corporation. Used in Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines from 1959 to early 2000s. Used an embedded Mardan computer with 1950s technology. Utilized gas spin bearings and advanced gyro technologies.
Additional Images
Electronic computer suite
Overall system
Submission Author: Marvin May
ION Museum
Advancing Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT)
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