An experiment was conducted at the Mount Haleakala Observatory to obtain high-quality photographs of the Apollo 9 spacecraft in low earth orbit. Photographs of the Command and Service Module (CSM) and separate photographs of the Lunar Module (LM) were successfully obtained during tracking of Apollo 9 on the mornings of March 12 and 13, 1969. These photographs demonstrate the performance of the high-resolution photographic (HRP) system associated with the 60-in. aperture telescope at this observatory. The acquisition and tracking problems that a fast target such as the Apollo 9 CSM presents, and the solutions to these problems will be of interest to others contemplating a similar effort. This report presents a description of this experiment and an analysis of the results. (Author)
A Photographic Study of Apollo 9
1969
30 pages
Report
No indication
English
Optical Detection , Photographic Techniques & Equipment , Spacecraft Trajectories & Flight Mechanics , Manned spacecraft , Satellite tracking systems , Photographic techniques , Optical tracking , Low-orbit trajectories , Target acquisition , Tracking , Mission profiles , Tracking telescopes , Photographic recording systems , Data processing systems , Photographic analysis , Apollo 9 spacecraft , CSM(Command and Service Modules) , Command and service modules
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