MIL-W-3947B
3 October 1969
SUPERSEDING
MIL-W-3947A
15 October 1963
SUPERSEDING
MIL-W-3947
1 March 1955
MILITARY SPECIFICATION
WEIGHT AND BALANCE CONTROL SYSTEM FOR
GUIDED MISSILES AND SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLES
* This specification is mandatory for use by all
Departments and agencies of the Department of Defense
1.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification requires the establishment of a weight and
balance control system to provide for the management of mass characteristics
programs and to facilitate the preparation and submission of data as speci-
fied herein. The term "Weight and Balance" as used herein is intended to
include terms relating to mass and mass properties.
1.2 Classification. The vehicles for which the requirements apply
(but are not limited to) are of the following categories:
Guided Missiles. Surface to Air, Air to Surface, Surface to Surface
(Ballistic Type), and Air to Air Guided Missiles and combinations thereof
(such as Underwater to Air types).
Booster Vehicles employed for launching satellite
Space Launch Vehicle.
or re-entry payloads.
Other. Configurations not covered in the above categories but for
which the system requirements may be adaptable - such as Orbiting Space
Vehicles. Under this configuration, provisions may be made for extending
the requirements of this specification to space vehicles by developing
the capsule (or payload) weight breakdown into a separate form and attaching
it as a supplement to MIL-STD-176 Part I as the payload or carried mass of
the Space Launch Vehicle.
2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
2.1 The following specifications and standards of the issues in effect
on date of invitation for bids, form a part of this specification:
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