HD1969MM3P

 

  

Minuteman III

Guidance and Control top, Propulsion System bottom

 

Fig Looking Guidance Section, looking down & up

Left side: Inertial Electronics top, battery center, Flight Control Computer right Guidance Computer bottom, inertial unit left.  Right side: Flight Control Electronics with connectors to down stage boosters, inertial unit protruding into propulsion section.

Left: Looking Down on the Post Boost Propulsion System. Fuel N2H4 and Oxidizer N2O4  tanks through hole for Inertial platform extension. Helium 4000 psi bottle right, 40 lb thrust Pitch Engine left, back of 300 lb thrust Axial Engine center

Right:   Upside down mating the G&C (bottom) and PBPS (top) Platform alignment port center,  Signal test connector at left

 

 left: Access to Explosive Activated Staging Connector, bottom ring includes prima cord to blow metal apart for separation from Stage III .   right:  G&C sighting signal port upper left

 

Staging Connector mid upper, propellant tank upper right,     Helium pressure tank center Yaw upper left

                        Helium tank lower center                                                  Propellant tank lower right

 

Pitch front right, Roll center, A/D SW right                      A/D SW upper left Axial Engine upper center