Xenon Arc Searchlight Illumination of the Apollo 8 Launch Area

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Publisher: SMPTE
Doc Type: Journal Article
Article Type: research-article
Abstract: NASA Engineers at the Kennedy Space Center required a more effective floodlighting system to illuminate Launch Complex 39 for photographic monitoring and review of the fueling, final checkout, and launching. Searchlights currently being manufactured used a 20-kW liquid-cooled xenon lamp. The 30-in xenon searchlight and its application in the space program are described. Performance characteristics of the searchlight, xenon lamp and illumination levels obtained for photography and TV on the launch complex are presented.
Publication Date: 1970-04-01
DOI: 10.5594/J10710
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J10710
Author(s): Robert S. Freeman, Russell J. Ayling

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Robert S. Freeman and Russell J. Ayling; Xenon Arc Searchlight Illumination of the Apollo 8 Launch Area, Journal of the SMPTE ( Volume: 79, Issue: 4, April 1970); SMPTE, 1970. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/J10710

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Robert S. Freeman and Russell J. Ayling; Xenon Arc Searchlight Illumination of the Apollo 8 Launch Area, Journal of the SMPTE ( Volume: 79, Issue: 4, April 1970); SMPTE, 1970. Available at https://doi.org/10.5594/J10710

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Robert S. Freeman and Russell J. Ayling; Xenon Arc Searchlight Illumination of the Apollo 8 Launch Area, Journal of the SMPTE ( Volume: 79, Issue: 4, April 1970); SMPTE, 1970
doi: 10.5594/J10710
url: https://doi.org/10.5594/J10710

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