MISSION 1026 PHOTOGRAPHIC EVALUATION INTERIM REPORT (PEIR)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001000040102-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 102
• Publication Date: November 18, 1965
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJ MISSION 1126 PHOTOGRAPHIC EVALUATION INTERIM REPORT (PEIR)
REF A F---12924
C I 1763 (MISSION 1025 PEIR)
1. NUMERICAL SUMMARY
MSN NO AND DATES:
LAUNCH DATE:
VEHICLE NO:
CAMERA SYSTEM:
PAN CAMERA NOS:
MSN 1026-1 S/I NO:
MSN 1026-2 S/I NO:
RECOVERY REVS:
1026-1, 28 OCT - 2 NOV
28 OCT 1965
1620
J-25
FORWARD LOOKING
(SLAVE) 175
D75/92/93
D72/39/35
D81 AND D 160
65; 1026-2, 2-7 NOV 65
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174; AFT LOOKING
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2. CAMERA SETTINGS
FORWARD LOOKING: 0.225 INCH SLIT, WRATTEN 25 FILTER
AFT LOOKING: 0.150 INCH SLIT, WRATTEN 21 FILTER
3. PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
THE IMAGE QUALITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY PRODUCED WAS
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BUT NOT EQUAL TO THE QUALITY OF THE PREVIOUS TWO MISSIONS (1024,
1025). THE MISSION WAS EXTENSIVELY AFFECTED BY ATMOSPHERIC CON-
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DITIONS, AND LOW LAR ELEVATIONS. THE PHOTO INTERPRETERS CONCUR
WITH THIS ANLYSIS. THE BEST GROUND ROLUTION OBTAINED FROM
HIGH CONTRAST CORN TARGET DISPLAY AS READ FROM THE
SECOND GENERATION DUPE POSITIVES, FOR THE FIRST TIME ORIG NEGS
WERE AVAILABLE FOR GROUP READING AND THE RESULTS WERE APPROXI-
MATELY ONE TARGET ELEMENT BETTER THAN THE DUPE POSITIVES.
4. ANOMALIES
ANOMALIES INCLUDING THOSE REPORTED IN THE
MESSAGES (REF A AND B) WERE REVIEWED.
A. MISSING CAMERA NUMBER, INDEX LAMPS, BINARY WORD,
HORIZON IMAGERY AND FIDUCIALS ON AFT LOOKING (SLAVE CAMERA)
1026-10
CAUSE: INTERMITTENT OPERATION OF THE CENTER OF FORMAT
SWITCH.
ACTION: RE-EVALUATE ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES. (1)
B. CREASE ON FRAMES 43 TO 46 ON PASS D100 OF THE FWD
LOOKING CAMERA.
CAUSE: MOMENTARY HESITATION IN FILM UNWINDING DUE TO
MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE CAUSING TENSION TRANSIENT. COMPRESSIVE
FORCES CAUSE ADHESIVE IN SPLICING TAPE TO COLD FLOW.
ACTION: CONTINUE INVESTIGATION OF SPLICING METHODS.
C. LIGHT LEAKS
CAUSE: SUPPLY CONIC TO AFT BARREL INTERFACE; AFT AND
FWD LOOKING CAMERA DRUM AREA; SRV NO. 1 ABLATIVE SHIELD.
ACTION: (A) SUPPLY CONIC TO AFT BARREL INTERFACE
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? CONTINUE C` UL PRE-FLIGHT CHECKOUT. (1)
(B) AFT AND FWD LOOKING G tERA DRUM AREA - OPAQUING
MATERIAL WILL BE APPLIED TO THE DRUM LIGHT SEAL LAMINATION ON
FUTURE INSTRUMENTS (1)
(C) ABLATIVE SHIELD A FILM CHUTE WILL BE ADDED
ON ALL INSTRUMENTS BEGINNING WITH J-34, POSSIBLY J-30. (1)
D. VEILED HORIZON IMAGERY ON TAKE-UP SIDE OF FWD LOOK-
ING CAMERA PASS D3 THROUGH D14; AND ON SUPPLY SIDE OF AFT LOOK-
ING CAMERA PASS D1 THROUGH PASS D110.
CAUSE: UNKNOWN.
ACTION: UNDER INVESTIGATION.
E. EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE AND FLARE ON HORIZON IMAGERY ON
TAKE-UP SIDE OF FWD LOOKING CAMERA OF MISSION 1026-2.
CAUSE: EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE APPEARED TO BE CAUSED BY
HIGH REFLECTION SCENES ON SUN SIDE OF VEHICLE. FLARE APPEARED
TO BE CAUSED BY SOME OBJECT IN THE LENS CONE ANGLE.
ACTION: NONE.
F. TWO STELLAR FRAMES CONTAINING NO EXPOSURE AND TWO
FRAMES OF OVER-EXPOSED STELLAR IMAGERY.
CAUSE: FOUR STELLAR SHUTTER MALFUNCTIONS. TWO FAILED
CLOSED; TWO FAILED PARTLY OPEN.
ACTION: INVESTIGATE PAST TEST HISTORY AND STELLAR
SHUTTER CONFIGURATION. (1)
G. SMEARED IMAGERY ON PASS D87 MISSION 1026-2.
CAUSE: V/H PROGRAMMER WAS NOT STARTED ON THIS PASS
DUE TO A COMMAND ERROR.
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ACTION: FORMALIZE COMMANDING PROCEDURES.
H. CODE FOR ACTION ITEMS:
(1) TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CONTRACTORS WITHOUT FURTHER
DIRECTION.
(2) RESPONSIBILITY
(3) REQUIRES FURTHER DIRECTION OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.
5. COMMENTS
A. YARDLEIGH VS TRENTON PROCESSING - BECAUSE OF THE HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF FULL PROCESSING IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO EVALUATE THE
ADVANTAGES OR DISADVANTAGES OF THE FRAME-BY-FRAME CAPABILITY OF
THE YARDLEIGH PROCESSOR. THERE WAS NO NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE IN
THE QUALITY OF THE MATERIAL PROCESSED IN EITHER MACHINE. THE
TEAM RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING PROCESSING PROCEDURE ON MISSIONS
1027-1 AND 1027-2:
(1) 1027-1 PROCESSING - APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST HALF
OF THE FORWARD LOOKING PANORAMIC CAMERA RECORD BE TRENTON PRO-
CESSED AND THE LAST HALF OF THE FORWARD LOOKING RECORD BE PRO-
CESSED IN THE YARDLEIG H. THE FIRST HALF OF THE AFT LOOKING
RECORD BE YARDLEIGH PROCESSED AND THE LAST HALF OF THE AFT LOOKING
RECORD BE TRENTON PROCESSED.
(2) 1027-2 PROCESSING ? APPROXIMATELY THE FIRST HALF
OF THE FORWARD AND AFT PANORAMIC RECORD BE TRENTON PROCESSED AND
THE LAST HALF OF EACH RECORD BE YARDLEIGH PROCESSED.
B. THE DENSITIES OBSERVED IN MISSION 1026-1 AND 1026-2
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ORIGINAL NEGAT' - _ , MERE LOWER THAN NORMALLY OBSERVED ON PREVIOUS
MISSIONS EVEN UGH THIS MISSION RECEFVED PREDOMINATELY FULL
PROCESS $6.
T0'P C R E T
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