EVALUATION OF GIANT SCALE MISSION S015

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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 50
• Publication Date: June 13, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: E ALUATION OF GIANT SCALE MISSION 5015.
1. 7UALITY SUMMARY: MISSION 5015, FLOWN ON 13 MAY 1968, PROV
IMAGERY TYPICAL TO PREVIOUS GIANT SCALE MISSIONS. CLOUDS AND HEA
HAZE AR.-7 STILL A MAJOR DEGRADING FACTOR. GROUND RESOLUTION FIGUR
ARE EMPIRICAL ESTIMATES BASED ON EVALUATIONS OF SIMILAR SENSORS A
IMPLY A BAR AND A SPACE. AS USUAL, THE BEST GROUND RESOLUTIONS A.
LOCATED NEAR NADIR IN CLEAR AREAS AND THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVES WERE
USED TO DETERMINE THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:
A. RIGHT OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVE CAMERA
B. LEFT OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVE CAMERA
C. RIGHT TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE CAMERA
D. LEFT TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE CAMERA
2. CLOUDS DEGRADE OR OBSCURE G5 PERCENT ,r, in rRY.
3. THE MATERIAL WAS PROCESSED AT F- I THE ORI
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INAL NEGATIVES FROM THE OPERATIONAL AND TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE CAME
ARE EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. THE TERRAIN OBJECTIVE CAMERA WAS
BE USED ON FUTURE MISSIONS TO DETERMINE MISSION RECORDER SYSTEM
CORRELATION.
4. ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE MATERIAL.
A. C011ME;NTS APPLICABLE TO BOTH CAMERAS:
(1) APPROXIMATELY BO PERCENT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY WAS AC-
OUIRED ABOVE SS DEGREES OBLIQUITY.
(2) THERE ARE MINUS DENSITY STREAKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE
PLATEN CONFIGURATIOJ.
(3) T4i0 PLUS DENSITY STREAKS ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE
MISSIOiN, ON- IS LOCATED 2.0 INCHES FROM THE TITLED EDGE OF THE
FILM Ai1D THE OTHE,3 2.0 I; C1{ES FROM THE NO.N?-TITLED EDGE.
(4) THE RESULTS OF THE STATIC CAN BE DETECTED ALONG BOTH
EDGES OF THE NEGATIVE.
(5) BAN~"DING APPARENTLY I `DUCED BY VIBRATION IS PRESENT
THROUG:{OUT THE ISSIO?.
(6) I;,IAGERY APPEARS OUT-OF-FOCUS THROUGI-10UT THE MISSION.
THE LE.,T CAMERA IS THE SAME ONE USED IN MISSION S514 WHICH
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PROVID-ED MUCH BETTER GROU.ID RESOLUTIONS THAN THIS MISSION.
(7) ~ITHEB SMEAR OR DOUBLE IMAGERY IS DETECTABLE ON THE
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HIGH OBLIQUE FRAMES. (EXA:NIPLES: FRAME` 617 (AR) P1 D FRAME
305 (AL)).
(8) PLUS DENSITY AREAS, CAUSED BY EXTRANEOUS LIGHT, EX-
TEND Fi;OM THE EXTREME OBLIQUITY AREA IN THE FORMAT RADIALLY
5 TO 7 INCHES INTO THE FORMAT (EXAMPLE: AL 295, 297, 305.
AR 284,283). THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY THE SUN STRIKING A POR-
TION OF THE OPTICS.
(9) THE DENSITY AND CONTRAST OF THE NEGATIVES ARE SAT-
ISFACTORY.
B. LEFT CAMERA (AL), S/:J 64-07
(1) RANDOM MINUS DENSITY STREAKS PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR
AXIS Ar:E PRESENT.
(2) RANDOM IRREGULAR SHAPED PLUS DENSITY FOG AREAS, PROB-
ABLE PROCESSING INDUCED, ARE PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY IN FRAME
593 THROUGH THE END OF THE IM7ISSION.
(3) A MYLAR SPLICE IS LOCATED BETWEEN FRAMES 594/535.
(4) CAMERA OFF/ONNIS OCCUR BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING FRAMES:
195/196, 226/227, 696/697, 016/617, 11,150/1051, 1072/1073,
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AND 1242/1243.
(5) LAST TITLED FRAME: 1411.
C. RIGHT CAMERA (AR) S/N 64-Z6
(1) RANDOM [ I[HIUS DENSITY STREAI;S PARALLEL TO THE 'MAJOR
AXIS ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE PIISSIO[:.
(2) CAMERA OFF/Ot;S OCCUi:~ PiETtYYEEi,! FRAMES 232/233; 275/276;
723/729; 859/860; 1167D/179; 11-3/110,41; Ai;D 1252/1253.
(3) THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 1417.
5. ANALYSIS OF THE OPERATIONAL 03JECTIVE CAMERA MATERIAL:
A. COi1:1EiTS APPLICABLE TO BOTH CAMERAS:
( 1 ) T [E DENSITY AND THE CONTRAST OF THE NEGATIVES APPEAR
SATISFLCTORY.
(2) TAE FIRST 0.5 It'CH OF SCAN FOR ALL FRAMES IS DEGRADED
AND APPEARS OUT-OF-FOCUS.
(3) THE TIMI*NG DOTS OF ALL FRAIES BEGIN 0.5 RICH AFTER THE
START OF SCAM AND EXTEND 0.75 INCH 3EYOIID END OF SCAN. THEY ARE
IMAGED JUST ALONG THE EDGE OF THE FORMAT.
(4) FOG, ASSOCIATED V ITH ILLUNI'''~TION O,`a THE DATA CHAMBER,
ENCROACHES APPROXIMATELY E.25 INCH I,JTO THE IMAGERY OF ONE OR BOTH
ADJACENT FRAMES.
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( 5 ) THE LAST FRAME 0 EAC CAMERA OPERATION' DISPLAYS FOB ?AT-
TERNS NORMALLY ASSOCIATED !'ITH CAMERA-OFFS.
/~ (6) THE EVENTS COUNTER ',IUNIBER IS THE SA11E AS THE TITLED FRAME
1JUMBE R.
B. LEFT CAMERA (CL) S/[N 40'29:
(1) THE TIME TRACK IS :33T IMAGED ON FRAMES 001 THROUGH 4?
(2) CAMERA OFF/OflS: BETWEEN FRAMES 952/953, 1965/1966, AND
2213/2219.
(3) LAST TITLED FRAME: 234,0.
C. RIGHT CAMERA (C;R) , S/iNl 4002:
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 (1) THE TIME TRACK VIAS IMAGED FOR ALL FRAMES.
(2) CAMERA OFF/OHMS: BETWEEN FRAMES 948/949, 1957/1950,
A:JD 2210/2211.
5. MISSION RECORDER SYSTEM (MRS) CORRELATION:
A. TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE CAMERAS: A GOOD CORTELATION WAS
ACHIEVED FOR BOTH CAMERAS. THERE IS A 3IAS OF PLUS TWO SECONDS
IN THE MRS OVER THE TYNE IMAGED Oil FNAHE ONE OF THE RIGHT CAMERA
AND A BIAS OF PLUS SIX SECONDS IN THE MRS OVER THE TIME ONNN FRAME
ONE OF THE LEFT CAMERA. THE BIAS FOR BOTH CAMERAS RE MAINS CONSTANT
01ITHIi~, ONE SECOND) THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
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B. OPERATIONAL OBJECTI r-; , S: THE CORRELATION) BETWEEN THE
ilRS AND THE CAMERAS IS POOR. v1RS TIME LAGS AND THE TIME ON FRAME TWO
(THE FIH-HST FRAME OF THE MISSION) IS SEVEN SECOit'DS AND WANDERS TO A
PLUS 68 SECONDS AT THE END OF THE MISSION. THE LEFT CAMERA HAS A
BIAS OF PLUS O;IE SECOND AT THE BEGIi~NNN'INiG OF THE i:IISSIO-! ANi) A PLUS
78 SECONDS AT THE END.
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