A mission in which a metric camera takes high resolution pictures of the Earth for cartography is proposed. The African continent is taken as an example. Because the storage life of conventional film material is 7 months, optimal orbits were selected for given ground coverage as a function of various focal lengths of the camera lens. The mission envisages using a space shuttle for the launch and retrieval of the autonomous satellite. The satellite is based on the concept of a small modular subsatellite and thruster platform.


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    Title :

    The Atlas C Mission


    Contributors:
    J. Puls (author) / R. Naehle (author) / A. Pietrass (author) / H. P. Schmidt (author) / M. Schroeder (author)

    Publication date :

    1982


    Size :

    138 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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    The ATLAS-1 mission

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    The ATLAS-1 mission

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    Die ATLAS-C-Mission

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