Ground Reconstruction of Lunar Orbiter Photography

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Volume: 76, No. 8, pp. 765–773
Abstract: Special ground reconstruction and photo-reassembly apparatus used at the NASA tracking stations in Goldstone, Madrid and Woomera convert video signals received from the Lunar Orbiter spacecraft into photographic images on continuous rolls of 35mm film which, after processing, are used for scientific analysis. The system performance and field use requirements imposed on the apparatus are described, the specific design needs which derived from the requirements are listed and the classes of equipment chosen to fill these needs are discussed. The development, testing and operational use of the ground reconstruction electronics, recording camera, photographic film processor, quality evaluation viewer and reassembly printer are described, and procedures for handling of large quantities of photographic data through a photo processing center are outlined. The assembly printer located at the processing center is also discussed, and a brief resume of the types of photographic copies that are produced from the original film as well as samples of final photographic product from Lunar Orbiter II are included.
Publication Date: 1967-08-01
DOI: 10.5594/J09117
ISSN: Print: 0361-4573
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J09117
Author(s): R. A. GrammerApparatus & Optical Div., Eastman Kodak Co., 400 Plymouth Ave. North, Rochester, N.Y. 14650.
J. F. StetsApparatus & Optical Div., Eastman Kodak Co., 400 Plymouth Ave. North, Rochester, N.Y. 14650.
B. W. ButtnerApparatus & Optical Div., Eastman Kodak Co., 400 Plymouth Ave. North, Rochester, N.Y. 14650.
H. C. FilbertApparatus & Optical Div., Eastman Kodak Co., 400 Plymouth Ave. North, Rochester, N.Y. 14650.
Copyright: © 1967 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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R. A. Grammer, J. F. Stets, B. W. Buttner, and H. C. Filbert; Ground Reconstruction of Lunar Orbiter Photography, Journal of the SMPTE ( Volume: 76, Issue: 8, August 1967); SMPTE, 1967. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/J09117

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R. A. Grammer, J. F. Stets, B. W. Buttner, and H. C. Filbert; Ground Reconstruction of Lunar Orbiter Photography, Journal of the SMPTE ( Volume: 76, Issue: 8, August 1967); SMPTE, 1967. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/J09117

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