Seraph062 t1_je6dz2r wrote
Reply to comment by on_ in TIL intercontinental ballistic missiles use celestial navigation to check and correct their course (initially set using internal gyroscopes) while flying outside the Earth's atmosphere. by Captainmanic
> But how a 60’s 70’s missile “see” the stars.
TV cameras were a thing back then. The idea of taking a 'video' signal and converting it to an 'electrical' one was a fairly solved problem.
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