MISSION 1025 PHOTOGRAPHIC EVALUATION INTERIM REPORT (PEIR)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001000040188-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 188
• Publication Date: October 28, 1965
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJ: MISSION 1025 PHOTOGRAPHIC EVALUATION INTERIM REPORT (PEIR)
5677 (MISSION 1024 PEIR)
1. NUMERICAL SUMARY
MSN NO AND DATES:
LAUNCH DATE:
VEHICLE NO:
CAMERA SYSTEM:
PAN CAMERA NOS:
MSN 1025-1 S/I NO:
MSN 1025-2 S/I NO:
RECOVERY REVS:
2. CAMERA SETTINGS
MASTER:
SLAVE:
3. PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
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1025-1p 5-10 OCT 65; 1025-2, 10-15--
MASTER (AFT) 142; SLAVE (FWD) 127,
81 AND 161, NO DEACTIVE PERIOD
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THE IMAGE QUALITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY WAS EQUAL TO OR BETTER
THAN PREVIOUS CORONA MISSIONS. CERTAIN EXAMPLES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY
WERE AMONG THE BEST EVER SEEN. THIS WAS PRIMARILY A CARTOGRAPHIC
MISSION AND THE PHOTO INTERPRETERS HAD VERY FEW TARGETS TO COMMENT
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ON. HOWEVER, THEY DID CONCUR WITH THE ABOVE STATEMENTS. THE BEST
GROUND RESOLUTION OBTAINED FROM HIGH CONTRAST CORN TARGET DISPLAYS
AS READ FROM THE SECOND GENERATION DUPE POSITIVES. 25X1
4. ANOMALIES
ANOMALIES INCLUDING THOSE REPORTED IN THE REBIND 42 MESSAGES
(REF A AND B) WERE REVIEWED.
A. BLOOMED FIDUCIALS, DOUBLE IMAGERY AND SOFT FOCUS ON
HORIZON IMAGERY; AND SOFT FOCUS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE MAIN FORMAT
(FWD LOOKING CAMERA) .
CAUSE: MALFUNCTION OF HORIZON CAMERA PLATEN CLAMPING.
ACTION: UNDER INVESTIGATION (1).
B. LIGHT LEAKS
CAUSE: ABLATIVE SHIELD, BARREL INTERFACE OR CAMERA DRUM.
ACTION: ABLATIVE SHIELD - A FILM CHUTE WILL BE ADDED
IN THE NEAR FUTURE (1).
BARREL INTERFACE OR CAMERA DRUM - A SPECIAL LIGHT LEAK
TEST IS BEING PLANNED TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE OF THE LIGHT LEAKS. (1)
C. SCRATCHES
ANOMALIES, CAUSE AND ACTION (1) SAME AS IN REF C.
D. COMET STELLAR IMAGES
CAUSE: VEHICLE MOTION CAUSED BY FREQUENT CAMERA SHUT DOWN.
ACTION: NONE.
E. ABRASION ON STELLAR/INDEX FILM - MISSION 1025-1
CAUSE: UNKNOWN.
ACTION: PROCESS PRE-FLIGHT FILM SAMPLES FROM FUTURE MISSIONS.
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F. INDEX FILM CREASE - MISSION 1025-2
CAUSE: PHOTOGRAPHIC PROCESSING (MACHINE CAUSED).
ACTION: CONTINUE CAREFUL PRE AND POST PROCESSING CHECKOUT. (1)
CODE FOR ACTION TERMS:
(1). TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY CONTRACTORS WITHOUT FURTHER DIRECTION'.
(2). RESPONSIBILITY OF
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(3). REQUIRES FURTHER DIRECTION OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT.
D. THE TEAM RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING PROCESSING PROCEDURE
ON MISSION 1026-2. APPROXIMATELY ONE HALF OF EACH PANORAMIC RECORD
SHOULD BE PROCESSED IN THE YARDLEIGH AND THE OTHER HALF OF EACH
IN THE TRENTON. FURTHER, CORRESPONDING HALVES SHOULD BE PROCESSED
IN THE SAME PROCESSOR.
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