Simulation of a Two Gyro-Gravity Gradient Attitude Control System (1963)

Simulation of a Two Gyro-Gravity Gradient Attitude Control System (1963) 

 

First physics calculations by computer animation, first perfect round 3D object animation

 

Black and white film

Video

Trivia:

Edward Zajac directed and produced one of the first computer generated films at Bell Labs in 1963, which demonstrated that a satellite could be stabilized to always have a side facing the Earth as it orbited.

The frames were programmed in FORTRAN and generated by a mainframe computer IBM 7090 (since 1959). A Stromberg-Carlson 4020 Microfilm Recorder (made by General Dynamics/Electrics, San Diego/California, since 1959) presented and stored results.