B-52 Bomber Astro Tracker - Part 1: Grand Opening (ft. Le Labo de Michel)

We open up a B-52 Bomber Astro Tracker, to reveal a masterpiece of cold war engineering. Michel's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UC4Kz0sEXSqNkfi7W1PBKyMg EEVblog #854: https://youtu.be/hzGaO4Kdz2Y Using an Astrocompass in a Boeing 737: https://youtu.be/P6J5nfflNNY Vintage Air Force Astro Navigation Training Video: https://youtu.be/UV1V9-nnaAs Stuff that supports the channel: - Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/curiousmarc - Amazon links for the tools I use in the lab: https://www.curiousmarc.com/amazon-links - Channel merch on Fourthwall: https://curiousmarc-shop.fourthwall.com - Legacy channel merch on Teespring (I don't have everything transferred to Fourthwall yet): https://teespring.com/stores/curiousmarcs-store "Elevator Music" Credit: Crinoline Dreams by Kevin MacLeod Our lovely sponsors - PCBWay: fast turn PCBs, https://www.pcbway.com - Electro-Rent: https://www.electrorent.com - Keysight: test instruments: https://www.keysight.com - Samtec: connectors: https://www.samtec.com - R&D Microwaves: https://rdmicrowaves.com Get more technical info on the companion site: https://www.curiousmarc.com Contact info: https://www.youtube.com/curiousmarc/about 00:00 The Kollsman MD-1 Astro-tracker 02:16 Understanding the MD-1 astrocompass system 04:43 Astro navigation explained 11:36 Manual astro navigation demonstrated 15:43 Astrocompass control panel explanation 17:58 Astro-tracker grand opening 20:32 Inspecting the insides 23:48 Extracting the astrotracker