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This source code is very close to the Apollo Guidance Computer software for the
Apollo 13 Lunar module. This revision of the Luminary 131 program is from December
of 1969, whereas there was a later revision in January of 1970, and still another
revision in February, which is the code that flew on the mission.
As far as this transcription is concerned, it was originally from a copy made in 1991 of
a printout from the collection of AGC developer Don Eyles for collector David Craig.
It was subsequently scanned by Gary Neff, reprocessed for online
presentation at the now-discontinued History of Recent Science and Technology (HRST) website
of MIT's Dibner Institute (the full-quality scans being discarded in the process),
and finally transcribed by Ron Burkey for the Virtual AGC Project. Although a
high-quality replacement scan for a completely illegible page was later provided by Gary
Neff, the reduced legibility of the reprocessed HRST posting nevertheless caused many
errors to be introduced into the transcription. Accordingly, a second scan of the same physical
printout was made in 2017 for the Virtual AGC Project's collection at the Internet Archive,
and used to correct the transcription errors. All of the scanned materials mentioned,
as well as other Luminary 131 related material, are available online.
Don Eyles apprently made additional hand-written notes in printout between 1991 and 2017,
so the two scans are not identical in that respect. The page-headings in the printout read, in part:GAP: ASSEMBLE REVISION 131 OF AGC PROGRAM LUMINARY BY NASA 2021112-091 17:53 DEC. 19, 1969Note that the date is the date the printout was made, not the date on which the program revision was released, although these happen to be very close together. |
052264,000002: ## Copyright: Public domain.
052265,000003: ## Filename: INFLIGHT_ALIGNMENT_ROUTINES.agc
052266,000004: ## Purpose: A section of Luminary 1C, revision 131.
052267,000005: ## It is part of the source code for the Lunar Module's (LM)
052268,000006: ## Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) for Apollo 13.
052269,000007: ## This file is intended to be a faithful transcription, except
052270,000008: ## that the code format has been changed to conform to the
052271,000009: ## requirements of the yaYUL assembler rather than the
052272,000010: ## original YUL assembler.
052273,000011: ## Reference: pp. 1241-1250
052274,000012: ## Contact: Ron Burkey <info@sandroid.org>.
052275,000013: ## Website: www.ibiblio.org/apollo/index.html
052276,000014: ## Mod history: 06/03/03 RSB. Began transcribing.
052277,000015: ## 05/14/05 RSB. Corrected website reference above.
052278,000016: ## 2017-01-06 RSB Page numbers now agree with those on the
052279,000017: ## original hardcopy, as opposed to the PDF page
052280,000018: ## numbers in 1701.pdf.
052281,000019: ## 2017-02-27 RSB Proofed comment text using octopus/ProoferComments.
052282,000020: ## 2017-03-17 RSB Comment-text fixes identified in diff'ing
052283,000021: ## Luminary 99 vs Comanche 55.
052284,000022:
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052286,000024: 22,3773 BANK 22
052287,000025: 23,2000 SETLOC INFLIGHT
052288,000026: 23,2000 BANK
052289,000027:
052290,000028: 23,3251 E5,1642 EBANK= XSM
052291,000029:
052292,000030: # CALCGTA COMPUTES THE GYRO TORQUE ANGLES REQUIRED TO BRING THE STABLE MEMBER INTO THE DESIRED ORIENTATION.
052293,000031:
052294,000032: # THE INPUT IS THE DESIRED STABLE MEMBER COORDINATES REFERRED TO PRESENT STABLE MEMBER COORDINATES. THE THREE
052295,000033: # HALF-UNIT VECTORS ARE STORED AT XDC, YDC, AND ZDC.
052296,000034:
052297,000035: # THE OUTPUTS ARE THE THREE GYRO TORQUING ANGLES TO BE APPLIED TO THE Y, Z, AND X GYROS AND ARE STORED DP AT IGC,
052298,000036: # MGC, AND OGC RESPECTIVELY.
052299,000037:
052300,000038: 23,3251 COUNT* $$/INFLT
052301,000039: 23,3251 71220 CALCGTA ITA DLOAD # PUSHDOWN 00-03, 16D-27D, 34D-37D
052302,000040: 23,3252 00051 S2 # XDC = (XD1 XD2 XD3)
052303,000041: 23,3253 02665 XDC # YDC = (YD1 YD2 YD3)
052304,000042: 23,3254 65325 PDDL PDDL # ZDC = (ZD1 ZD2 ZD3)
052305,000043: 23,3255 06524 HI6ZEROS
052306,000044: 23,3256 02671 XDC +4
052307,000045: 23,3257 55476 DCOMP VDEF
052308,000046: 23,3260 77656 UNIT
052309,000047: 23,3261 14027 STODL ZPRIME # ZP = UNIT(-XD3 0 XD1) = (ZP1 ZP2 ZP3)
052310,000048: 23,3262 00027 ZPRIME
052311,000049:
052312,000050: 23,3263 77742 SR1
052313,000051: 23,3264 14023 STODL SINTH # SIN(IGC) = ZP1
052314,000052: 23,3265 00033 ZPRIME +4
052315,000053: 23,3266 77742 SR1
052316,000054: 23,3267 34021 STCALL COSTH # COS(IGC) = ZP3
052317,000055: 23,3270 47322 ARCTRIG
052318,000056:
052319,000057: 23,3271 16742 STODL IGC # Y GYRO TORQUING ANGLE FRACTION OF REV.
052320,000058: 23,3272 02667 XDC +2
052321,000059: 23,3273 77742 SR1
052322,000060: 23,3274 14023 STODL SINTH # SIN(MGC) = XD2
052323,000061: 23,3275 00027 ZPRIME
052324,000062:
052325,000063: 23,3276 65205 DMP PDDL
052326,000064: 23,3277 02671 XDC +4 # PD00 = (ZP1)(XD3)
052327,000065: 23,3300 00033 ZPRIME +4
052328,000066:
052329,000067: 23,3301 45205 DMP DSU
052330,000068: 23,3302 02665 XDC # MPAC = (ZP3)(XD1)
052331,000069: 23,3303 77626 STADR
052332,000070: 23,3304 43756 STCALL COSTH # COS(MGC) = MPAC - PD00
052333,000071: 23,3305 47322 ARCTRIG
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052335,000073: 23,3306 26744 STOVL MGC # Z GYRO TORQUING ANGLE FRACTION OF REV.
052336,000074: 23,3307 00027 ZPRIME
052337,000075: 23,3310 77641 DOT
052338,000076: 23,3311 02701 ZDC
052339,000077: 23,3312 24021 STOVL COSTH # COS(OGC) = ZP . ZDC
052340,000078: 23,3313 00027 ZPRIME
052341,000079: 23,3314 77641 DOT
052342,000080: 23,3315 02673 YDC
052343,000081: 23,3316 34023 STCALL SINTH # SIN(OGC) = ZP . YDC
052344,000082: 23,3317 47322 ARCTRIG
052345,000083:
052346,000084: 23,3320 36740 STCALL OGC # X GYRO TORQUING ANGLE FRACTION OF REV.
052347,000085: 23,3321 00051 S2
052348,000086:
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052350,000088: # ARCTRIG COMPUTES AN ANGLE GIVEN THE SINE AND COSINE OF THIS ANGLE.
052351,000089:
052352,000090: # THE INPUTS ARE SIN/4 AND COS/4 STORED DP AT SINTH AND COSTH.
052353,000091:
052354,000092: # THE OUTPUT IS THE CALCULATED ANGLE BETWEEN +.5 AND -.5 REVOLUTIONS AND STORED AT THETA. THE OUTPUT IS ALSO
052355,000093: # AVAILABLE AT MPAC.
052356,000094:
052357,000095: 23,3322 51545 ARCTRIG DLOAD ABS # PUSHDOWN 16D-21D
052358,000096: 23,3323 00023 SINTH
052359,000097: 23,3324 50025 DSU BMN
052360,000098: 23,3325 07536 QTSN45 # ABS(SIN/4) - SIN(45)/4
052361,000099: 23,3326 47335 TRIG1 # IF (-45,45) OR (135,-135)
052362,000100:
052363,000101: 23,3327 72545 DLOAD SL1 # (45,135) OR (-135,-45)
052364,000102: 23,3330 00021 COSTH
052365,000103: 23,3331 75326 ACOS SIGN
052366,000104: 23,3332 00023 SINTH
052367,000105: 23,3333 00025 STORE THETA # X = ARCCOS(COS) WITH SIGN(SIN)
052368,000106: 23,3334 77616 RVQ
052369,000107:
052370,000108: 23,3335 72545 TRIG1 DLOAD SL1 # (-45,45) OR (135,-135)
052371,000109: 23,3336 00023 SINTH
052372,000110: 23,3337 77736 ASIN
052373,000111: 23,3340 14025 STODL THETA # X = ARCSIN(SIN) WITH SIGN(SIN)
052374,000112: 23,3341 00021 COSTH
052375,000113: 23,3342 77640 BMN
052376,000114: 23,3343 47346 TRIG2 # IF (135,-135)
052377,000115:
052378,000116: 23,3344 43545 DLOAD RVQ
052379,000117: 23,3345 00025 THETA # X = ARCSIN(SIN) (-45,45)
052380,000118:
052381,000119: 23,3346 75345 TRIG2 DLOAD SIGN # (135,-135)
052382,000120: 23,3347 06522 HIDPHALF
052383,000121: 23,3350 00023 SINTH
052384,000122: 23,3351 77625 DSU
052385,000123: 23,3352 00025 THETA
052386,000124: 23,3353 00025 STORE THETA # X = .5 WITH SIGN(SIN) - ARCSIN(SIN)
052387,000125: 23,3354 77616 RVQ # (+) - (+) OR (-) - (-)
052388,000126:
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052390,000128: # SMNB, NBSM, AND AXISROT, WHICH USED TO APPEAR HERE, HAVE BEEN
052391,000129: # COMBINED IN A ROUTINE CALLED AX*SR*T, WHICH APPEARS AMONG THE POWERED
052392,000130: # FLIGHT SUBROUTINES.
052393,000131:
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052395,000133: # CALCGA COMPUTES THE CDU DRIVING ANGLES REQUIRED TO BRING THE STABLE MEMBER INTO THE DESIRED ORIENTATION.
052396,000134:
052397,000135: # THE INPUTS ARE 1) THE NAVIGATION BASE COORDINATES REFERRED TO ANY COORDINATE SYSTEM. THE THREE HALF-UNIT
052398,000136: # VECTORS ARE STORED AT XNB, YNB, AND ZNB. 2) THE DESIRED STABLE MEMBER COORDINATES REFERRED TO THE SAME
052399,000137: # COORDINATE SYSTEM ARE STORED AT XSM, YSM, AND ZSM.
052400,000138:
052401,000139: # THE OUTPUTS ARE THE THREE CDU DRIVING ANGLES AND ARE STORED SP AT THETAD, THETAD +1, AND THETAD +2.
052402,000140:
052403,000141: 23,3355 77601 CALCGA SETPD # PUSHDOWN 00-05, 16D-21D, 34D-37D
052404,000142: 23,3356 00001 0
052405,000143: 23,3357 47375 VLOAD VXV
052406,000144: 23,3360 02665 XNB # XNB = OGA (OUTER GIMBAL AXIS)
052407,000145: 23,3361 02651 YSM # YSM = IGA (INNER GIMBAL AXIS)
052408,000146: 23,3362 41456 UNIT PUSH # PD0 = UNIT(OGA X IGA) = MGA
052409,000147:
052410,000148: 23,3363 44041 DOT ITA
052411,000149: 23,3364 02701 ZNB
052412,000150: 23,3365 00051 S2
052413,000151: 23,3366 24021 STOVL COSTH # COS(OG) = MGA . ZNB
052414,000152: 23,3367 00001 0
052415,000153: 23,3370 77641 DOT
052416,000154: 23,3371 02673 YNB
052417,000155: 23,3372 34023 STCALL SINTH # SIN(OG) = MGA . YNB
052418,000156: 23,3373 47322 ARCTRIG
052419,000157: 23,3374 26740 STOVL OGC
052420,000158: 23,3375 00001 0
052421,000159:
052422,000160: 23,3376 50235 VXV DOT # PROVISION FOR MG ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES
052423,000161: 23,3377 02665 XNB
052424,000162: 23,3400 02651 YSM
052425,000163: 23,3401 77752 SL1
052426,000164: 23,3402 24021 STOVL COSTH # COS(MG) = IGA . (MGA X OGA)
052427,000165: 23,3403 02651 YSM
052428,000166: 23,3404 77641 DOT
052429,000167: 23,3405 02665 XNB
052430,000168: 23,3406 34023 STCALL SINTH # SIN(MG) = IGA . OGA
052431,000169: 23,3407 47322 ARCTRIG
052432,000170: 23,3410 02744 STORE MGC
052433,000171:
052434,000172: 23,3411 45246 ABS DSU
052435,000173: 23,3412 07540 .166...
052436,000174: 23,3413 77644 BPL
052437,000175: 23,3414 47433 GIMLOCK1 # IF ANGLE GREATER THAN 60 DEGREES
052438,000176:
052439,000177: 23,3415 50375 CALCGA1 VLOAD DOT
052440,000178: 23,3416 02657 ZSM
052441,000179: 23,3417 00001 0
052442,000180: 23,3420 24021 STOVL COSTH # COS(IG) = ZSM . MGA
052443,000181: 23,3421 02643 XSM
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052445,000183: 23,3422 45441 DOT STADR
052446,000184: 23,3423 43754 STCALL SINTH # SIN(IG) = XSM . MGA
052447,000185: 23,3424 47322 ARCTRIG
052448,000186:
052449,000187: 23,3425 26742 STOVL IGC
052450,000188: 23,3426 02740 OGC
052451,000189: 23,3427 77634 RTB
052452,000190: 23,3430 21621 V1STO2S
052453,000191: 23,3431 34322 STCALL THETAD
052454,000192: 23,3432 00051 S2
052455,000193:
052456,000194: 23,3433 77776 GIMLOCK1 EXIT
052457,000195: 23,3434 05567 TC ALARM
052458,000196: 23,3435 00401 OCT 00401
052459,000197: 23,3436 05504 TC UPFLAG # GIMBAL LOCK HAS OCCURED
052460,000198: 23,3437 00056 ADRES GLOKFAIL
052461,000199:
052462,000200: 23,3440 06042 TC INTPRET
052463,000201: 23,3441 77650 GOTO
052464,000202: 23,3442 47415 CALCGA1
052465,000203:
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052467,000205: # AXISGEN COMPUTES THE COORDINATES OF ONE COORDINATE SYSTEM REFERRED TO ANOTHER COORDINATE SYSTEM.
052468,000206:
052469,000207: # THE INPUTS ARE 1) THE STAR1 VECTOR REFERRED TO COORDINATE SYSTEM A STORED AT STARAD. 2) THE STAR2 VECTOR
052470,000208: # REFERRED TO COORDINATE SYSTEM A STORED AT STARAD +6. 3) THE STAR1 VECTOR REFERRED TO COORDINATE SYSTEM B STORED
052471,000209: # AT LOCATION 6 OF THE VAC AREA. 4) THE STAR2 VECTOR REFERRED TO COORDINATE SYSTEM B STORED AT LOCATION 12D OF
052472,000210: # THE VAC AREA.
052473,000211:
052474,000212: # THE OUTPUT DEFINES COORDINATE SYSTEM A REFERRED TO COORDINATE SYSTEM B. THE THREE HALF-UNIT VECTORS ARE STORED
052475,000213: # AT LOCATIONS XDC, XDC +6, XDC +12D, AND STARAD, STARAD +6, STARAD +12D.
052476,000214:
052477,000215: 23,3443 66370 AXISGEN AXT,1 SSP # PUSHDOWN 00-30D, 34D-37D
052478,000216: 23,3444 02714 STARAD +6
052479,000217: 23,3445 00051 S1
052480,000218: 23,3446 02700 STARAD -6
052481,000219:
052482,000220: 23,3447 77601 SETPD
052483,000221: 23,3450 00001 0
052484,000222: 23,3451 46773 AXISGEN1 VLOAD* VXV* # 06D UA = S1
052485,000223: 23,3452 02723 STARAD +12D,1 # STARAD +00D UB = S1
052486,000224: 23,3453 02731 STARAD +18D,1
052487,000225: 23,3454 77656 UNIT # 12D VA = UNIT(S1 X S2)
052488,000226: 23,3455 06731 STORE STARAD +18D,1 # STARAD +06D VB = UNIT(S1 X S2)
052489,000227: 23,3456 77773 VLOAD*
052490,000228: 23,3457 02723 STARAD +12D,1
052491,000229:
052492,000230: 23,3460 76433 VXV* VSL1
052493,000231: 23,3461 02731 STARAD +18D,1 # 18D WA = UA X VA
052494,000232: 23,3462 06737 STORE STARAD +24D,1 # STARAD +12D WB = UB X VB
052495,000233:
052496,000234: 23,3463 77700 TIX,1
052497,000235: 23,3464 47451 AXISGEN1
052498,000236:
052499,000237: 23,3465 66160 AXC,1 SXA,1
052500,000238: 23,3466 00006 6
052501,000239: 23,3467 00036 30D
052502,000240:
052503,000241: 23,3470 66370 AXT,1 SSP
052504,000242: 23,3471 00022 18D
052505,000243: 23,3472 00051 S1
052506,000244: 23,3473 00006 6
052507,000245:
052508,000246: 23,3474 66374 AXT,2 SSP
052509,000247: 23,3475 00006 6
052510,000248: 23,3476 00052 S2
052511,000249: 23,3477 00002 2
052512,000250:
052513,000251: 23,3500 76720 AXISGEN2 XCHX,1 VLOAD*
052514,000252: 23,3501 00036 30D # X1=-6 X2=+6 X1=-6 X2=+4 X1=-6 X2=+2
052515,000253: 23,3502 00001 0,1
052516,000254:
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052518,000256: 23,3503 62757 VXSC* PDVL* # J=(UA)(UB1) J=(UA)(UB2) J=(UA)(UB3)
052519,000257: 23,3504 75062 STARAD +6,2
052520,000258: 23,3505 00007 6,1
052521,000259: 23,3506 77757 VXSC*
052522,000260: 23,3507 75054 STARAD +12D,2
052523,000261: 23,3510 30031 STOVL* 24D # K=(VA)(VB1) J=(VA)(VB2) J=(VA)(VB3)
052524,000262: 23,3511 00015 12D,1
052525,000263:
052526,000264: 23,3512 53357 VXSC* VAD
052527,000265: 23,3513 75046 STARAD +18D,2 # L=(WA)(WB1) J=(WA)(WB2) J=(WA)(WB3)
052528,000266: 23,3514 76455 VAD VSL1
052529,000267: 23,3515 00031 24D
052530,000268: 23,3516 53520 XCHX,1 UNIT
052531,000269: 23,3517 00036 30D
052532,000270: 23,3520 06707 STORE XDC +18D,1 # XDC = L+J+K YDC = L+J+K ZDC = L+J+K
052533,000271:
052534,000272: 23,3521 77700 TIX,1
052535,000273: 23,3522 47523 AXISGEN3
052536,000274:
052537,000275: 23,3523 77704 AXISGEN3 TIX,2
052538,000276: 23,3524 47500 AXISGEN2
052539,000277:
052540,000278: 23,3525 77775 VLOAD
052541,000279: 23,3526 02665 XDC
052542,000280: 23,3527 26707 STOVL STARAD
052543,000281: 23,3530 02673 YDC
052544,000282: 23,3531 26715 STOVL STARAD +6
052545,000283: 23,3532 02701 ZDC
052546,000284: 23,3533 02723 STORE STARAD +12D
052547,000285:
052548,000286: 23,3534 77616 RVQ
052549,000287:
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052551,000289: 23,3535 05520 26075 QTSN45 2DEC .1768
052552,000290: 23,3537 05252 25253 .166... 2DEC .1666666667
052553,000291:
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End of include-file INFLIGHT_ALIGNMENT_ROUTINES.agc. Parent file is MAIN.agc