STEERING COMMITTEE/ARGO MEETING, 29 SEPTEMBER 1970

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 11, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 8, 1970
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR 'CIIE RECORD
SUBJECT: Steel-111g Committee/ARGO Meeting, 29 September 1970
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2. First on the agenda. was a presentation b F t K d k
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c.leared represe:iitatives concerning the use of color film type S0-242.
EK recommended the system approach" in its use; that is, proper Kodak
chemistry and 1K processing equipment should be utilized. This is the only
approach in Which customer problems can be readily solved. At present
EK has no recoln,nended processing cycle for its. SO-242 but one is expected
in approximately three weeks. Examples of SO-121 and SO-242 imagery were
displayed.' Film type 50-360 is the only film commercially available that
is recommended For use with S0-242 in the generation of color duplicate
positives. SO ;60 can be processed in an EK Versamat processor at a
speed of nine e0et per minute. EK is working to develop a color duplicating
material which .s more compatible (than S0-360) with SO-242. Such a
product may not be available for a few years, however.
.The concept: of making a black and white duplicate negative of the
SO-242 green r?cord layer was discussed. This specially filtered DN
can then be empi.oyed as any standard dupe negative for-the generation of
duplicate posi.t:.ives.
It was announced that film type SO-180 has been discontinued, its
replacement 34.13 has improved keeping qualities.
For those interested in a color negative system, film type 2445 was
mentioned. This; material offers a greater exposure latitude than reversal
products, however, its larger grain size and lower resolving powerfay
prohibit its t1--:c in high altitude acquisition systems.
Direct duplicating film S0-369 has not received much use since it was
put on the marl,ct. It was stated that persons who have a need for such
a material should not overlook it.
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A recent addition to the EK commercial product line is 1717
Polycontrast Paper which is water resistant. It was mentioned that
in the near future most color papers will be on a water resistant base
support.
It was stated that SO-349 is now officially 3414 and S0-236 is
now termed 1414. Film type 1414 is the ultra-thin base (UTB) version
of 3414 which is a standard thin base material (STB). Both can he
processed on an EK Versamat machine to which a stopbath cabinet has
been added. Printing from these materials can be accomplished on an EK
Niagara Printer utilizing 2430 duplicating film. 3404, our old work
base, has been discontinued; its replacement is the above mentioned 3414.
A flow chart of a typical processing system was presented along
with descriptions of the folbwing Eastman Kodak equipment as it applied:
Film Pre-Inspection Table
Fultron Film Processor Model III-B
Editing Table Model II, Motor Wind
Delaware Portable Film Titler Model III
Denver Film Editing Unit (Portable)
Denver Densitometer Unit (fits unit above)
Niagara Printer (kits available to modify unit for color)
Rainbow Continuous Printer (for color)
Colorado Printer (continuous for color)
Seneca Step and Repeat Printer
Saranac Drum Printer
Beacon Precision Enlarger (3X to 153X)
This presentation concluded Eastman's portion of the meeting.
3.I lof the USGS Special Projects Office, Reston, Va.',
gave a. presentation of the Standard Revision of the 1:250,000 scale base
maps originally compiled by AMS in the 1940's and early 1950's. It is
the aim of the USGS to revise these maps every eight years in rural
areas and every five years in urban areas. This is presently being
accomplished. in a monoscopic effort via K11-4 imagery overlaysproduced using
the Gamma Rectifier and a scale reduction to 1:250,000 (gamma rectifier
out put with KH-4 is 1:150,000). USGS is in need of KH-4 coverage (they
are up to date with what has been flown thus far) and is considering the
use of low altitude (70,000 ft. aircraft coverage to fill in the a)s.
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stated that the unit was
presently i m limited aid will produce about 2,000 frames per mission.
He could not answer the question of how much of the film DOD will
employ operationally Although
the film load meets existing requirements, is investigating
the need for its increase. He mentioned also that the system was weight
limited and such an increase even if justified would be difficult to
accommodate.
to USAF and commercial. flying/maintenance of the U-2 and RB-57 reconnaissance
aircraft. These figures are the costs per year for an aircraft with a
flying schedule of 50 hours (take off to landing) per month.
USAF owned/operated U-2-----
Commercial owned/operated U-2-----
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Commercial ot;med/operated RB-57---
Some of the items which account for the cost differential are:
a. USAF pays no landing fees.
b. USAF pays no hanger costs.
c. USAF pays no TDY.
The above rates are those charged government agencies when the USAF flies
a mission for said agency. By June of 1971 a maximum of five U-2's and eight
RB-57's may be available. NASA now has one RB-57 and is negotiating for
flyable storage or to the bone yard by next June. This accounts for the
aforementioned availability of the aircraft to other government agencies or
civilian interests. The cost of camera installation,(aircraft hatch
modification, when required) is not relfected in these figures and it was
mentioned that such modifications could run over a half million dollars.
The cost of operating a usable aircraft is thus increased by a goodly
amount. (Rumor has it that the vibration free mount which NASA developed
for its RB-57 cost them almost one million dollars.)
The additional. comment was made that the U-2C has a tendency to porpoise.
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5. The last item of business was a review of the finaledition of
the proposed ARGO charter. The review surfaced several questions concerning
the charter.'s connotation which turned out to be 180 degrees from its
intended meaning. will rework the proposal. The meeting 25X1
was adjourned at approximately 1400 hours.
Acting Chief, Section II
IEB/APSD/TSG/NPIC
Distribution:
Cy 1 - NPIC/TSG/APSD/IEB
2 - NPIC/TSG/APSD/IEB
3 - NPIC/PPBS, Attn:
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