ANOMALIES ON MISSION 4030 AS PER REQUEST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000300290003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 29, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT: ANOMALIES ON MISSION 4030 AS PER REQUEST
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CORRESPONDING STELLAR/INDEX FRAME) THAN WAS SHOWN PROGRAMMED
IN THE MCD. IT IS TITLED FRAME 0002A AND THE S/I FRAME COUNT
1. PASS bO HAS ONE MORE PRIMARY CAMERA FRAME %MWM IT
IS OFF BY ONE IN THE MCD.
2. FRAME 0002 OF THE SAME PASS HAS THE WRONG ROLL VALUE 3y~j
(DIFFERENT FROM THAT SHOWN IN MCD) AND, AS A RESULT, THE FRAME- -
DOES NOT COVER THE LISTED TARGET.
3. A PROBLEM IN EXPOSURE TIMING OCCURRED ON PASS 55. AS
A RESULT, TARGETS WERE MISSED TO VARYING EXTENTS.
4. PASS 91 HAS ONE LESS S/I OPERATION THAN IS SHOWN IN THE
MCD. S/I OPERATION NUMBERED 33 DID NOT TAKE PLACE, THUS FROM
33 ON THE MCD AND FRAME NUMBERS DISAGREE.
5. PASS 98 HAS TWO LESS S/I OPERATIONS THAN IS SHOWN IN THE
MCD. THE LISTED S/I OPERATIONS 3 AND 8 DID NOT TAKE PLACE AND
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AS A RESULT THE MCD AND FILM TITLING DATA ARE IN DISAGREEMENT
FROM THESE POINTS TO THE END OF THE PASS.
6. THE NOTES ACCOMPANYING EACH DAY'S RECAP OF THE MCD ARE
CORRECT FOR THE MOST PART BUT SOME OF THE REMARKS CONCERNING
TARGET COVERAGE ARE INDICATIONS ONLY-, PARTICULAR ATTENTION
SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE DATES LISTED, AS OPPOSED TO ACTUAL
DATES OF THE PASSES. IF NOT ALREADY DONE, PEN AND INK CHANGES
SHOULD BE MADE ON THE PROPER PAGES.
7. FROM ALL INDICATIONS, THE S/I FILM WAS EXHAUSTED PRIOR
TO PASS 114.
8. 126 IS THE LAST PRIMARY CAMERA PASS.
9. PASSES 108 THRU 126 ARE COLOR EXPOSURES FROM THE PRIMARY
CAMERA,
10. THE COMMAND SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED INTERMITTANTLY AFTER
REV. 42 CAUSING SPURIOUS COMMANDS, ERASURES, AND/OR SCRAMBLES.
THE MCD REFLECTS THE OPERATIONS AS BEST WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
DETERMINE THEM.
11. THE (MIRROR) CRAB-SERVO APPARENTLY MALFUNCTIONED ON
PASS 35 AND REMAINED AT THE 0.5 DEGREE POSITION FOR THAT ENTIRE
PASS. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FLIGHT THE CRAB WAS NOT OPERATED
BELOW THE 1.0 DEGREE POSITION (0.5 OR 0.0) AND OPERATED NORMALLY
BETWEEN THE 1.0 AND 3.5 DEGREE POSITIONS.
12. THE INCORRECT ROLL ANGLE WAS PROGRAMMED ON PASS 55,
ACCS. 1 AND 2,
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13. ON PASS 112, THE S/I WAS COMMN*DED -ON- AND RAN
CONTINOUSLY TO EXHAUSTION DUE TO A COMMAND ANOMALY. THE MCD
SHOWS CONTINOUS OPERATION EXCEPT FOR ASCENDING PORTIONS OF
PASSES 112 AND 113, ALL DAYTIME EXPOSURES ARE IN THE MCD,
BUT TITLED FRAME NUMBERS AND MCD NUMBERING DIFFER THROUGHOUT
THESE PASSES,
14. THE 3RD EDITION GLOSSARY FOR THE MCD IS IN EFFECT
COMMENCING WITH THIS MISSION AS PREVIOUS MESSAGES HAVE
INDICATED,
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