PURCELL COMMITTEE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05707A001000010004-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 22
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 10, 2014
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 4, 1963
• Content Type: MISC

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FILM
Aims
REQUIREMENTS
TIME
VEHICLE WEIGI-IT
�TWEE CONTINUOUS
VARIABLES
SOLUTION
OTHER DISCRETE
VARIABLES
COST
POINTING
STABILITY
STATE OF ART
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TECI4NICAL PROBLEMS
FILM FLATNESS
CORONA DISCLIARGE
THERMAL DISTURBANCES
a� RADIATION
V/I-1 MATC1-1
EXPOSURE
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70'
1 6 0
% OF
AREA
50
40
30
20
10
FILM DISPLACEDM6NT
0-1 1 - 2 2-3
DISPLACE-MENT IN THOUSANDTHS
9.5
65.5
(5.5
6.3
1.Z
1 . 8
38
60
2
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LINES/MM
300
200
100
OPTICAL PERFORMANCE
VS TEMPERATURE
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INCHES IN THOUSANDTHS
56�
840
TEMPERATURE
I I
72� 800 880 960
SHIFT IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT (4Zall/NNI W/ IF'
104�
36*
540
TEMPERATURE
72� 900 1080 1260
SHIFT IN DEGREES FAHRENHEIT (TITANIU ORIN / ARm
144.
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TEMP COEFFICIENT OF CELL MATERIAL
00-6/0
SENSITIVITY OF
IMAGE/F1LM
RELATIONSI-IIP
a, TO TEMP.
A bf=0
UNES OF CONSTANT A bcitoec
40
TEMP. COEFFICIENT OF ARM/ DRUM MATERIAL
014.2(IO-6/0c)
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PROGRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT
IN LENS QUALITY
RESOLUTION
LINKS/eosin (AWA)
300
250
200
150
100
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MARCH 25. 1%3
64 LENSES MANUFACTURED
TO DATE.
LOW� CONTRAST RESOLUTION
OF LAST THREE . . . 162 lirrtm
PREVIOUS THREE .1.55 Vmm
PREVIOUS
TI4REE-147 Vmm
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MANN BENCH
SO 243
141 CONTRAST
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SERIAL ORDER OF DELIVERY
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IMAGE MOTION FACTORS
90% PROBABILITY
STABILIZATION
AGENA
PRESENT
v/h error-%
AGENA
15 MOS.
%error-%
U.A. PROPOSAL
% error-%
ACTIVE
SENSOR
v/h error-%
PITCH ANGLE
. 1 0
*-
- 2
.005
+10
-4
.001
.1
.001
10
.005
ROLL "
1 0
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.002
+1 0
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.001
.1
.001
1 0
3
.002
YAW "
+ 2�
-5
1.18
+1�
-3
.53
.05
.0005
1 �
3
PITCH RATE
10�/hr.
.1
33'hr.
.032
.001�/hr.
-
10�/hr.
.1
ROLL "
30�/hr.
.32
6�1hr.
.06
.0035hr.
-
10�/hr.
.1
YAW "
10�/hr.
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0
3�/hr.
0
.0035hr.
-
10�/hr.
0
CAMERA
vill CONTROL
.55
.55
.55
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APPROX.141%
RSS v/h ERROR
c) 2
-3 /0
20
10/
2 �
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SINE WAVE ANALYSIS
0
17-
OPTICAL
TRANSFER FUNCTION
REFRACTIVE
REFLECTIVE
z.
0
00
2 2
LukF No.
FILM
TRANSFER FUNCTION
SO- 132
SO-130
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MODULATION - T1
IMAGE MOTION
TRANSFER FUNCTION
u L/rnm
.4.
0
17.
0
2
SYSTEM
TRANSFER FUNCTION
3 -BAR TARGET
�- '.-THRESHOLD
w-Llmm
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STAT
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OPTICAL
DIAMETER
IN INCHES
70
60
50
40
30
4--
20
0
OPTIMIZATION ANALYSIS
SO-132
6-MR
"'SEC
2:1 CONTRAST
20� SUN ANGLE
90 NA. MI.
1 FT. GROUND DETECTION
SO-132
6:0.086 A"
SEC
50-130
6:0.31 MK
SEC
f/3, At: �1 SEC
300
f/6, At: 30 SEC
f/5, At: SEC
110
100
200
FOCAL LENGTH IN INCHES
300 400
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DESIGN SUMMARY
CAMERA
FOCAL LENGTH
REQUIRED
in.
FORMAT WIDTH
in.
FILM
TYPE
SCALE atWEIGHT
90 na.mi.
ESTIMATED
lbs.
wigirt film
f/3
150
11.5
50-132
1:44,000
2,990
t
f/5
150
11,5
50-132
1:44,000
920
f/6
325
25.0
SO-130
1:20,000
t
4,080
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PROBABILITY OF ACHIEVING A GIVEN GROUND DETECTION
PROBABILITY
IN PERCENT
100
80
200 SUN ANGLE
SO-132 FILM AT 2:1 CONTRAST
ALTITUDE - 90 NA. MI.
150 IN. f/3
PRESENT AGENA
60 STABILIZATION
40
20
150 IN. f/5
ACTIVE SENSOR
.25
.5 .6 .8
2 3 4 5
AVERAGE GROUND DETECTION IN FEET
GROUND
DETECTION
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SWATH WIDTH VS. ALTITUDE
FOR VARIOUS SCAN ANGLES
600
500
2
400
300
0
< 100
in
ZOO
600
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0
50
100
150
200
VEHICLE ALTITUDE - N. MI.
250
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FOCAL LENGTN VS. VEHICLE DIA.
LENGTH - INCI-1ES
GO
50
40
30
20
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U-
0
40
0 *too ca
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ci:pielzpp,
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0000
0\
000
50 GO TO 80
VEHICLE DIAMETER - INCI-IES
so
100
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VE14ICLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO BLUR
90% probability
COMPUTATION OF BLUR
PRESENT
1964
PITCI4 MDR
.47�
.27�
BLUR Mk (sec e0)
ROLL ERROR
.470
.27�
BLUR (-Oh(seceR-I)
YAW ERROR
.52�
.330
BLUR Vit) sin ey
PITCH RATE
10.hr
3� hr
BLUR ek h
ROLL RATE
30�hr
9� hr
BLUR goo
YAW RATE
1Chr
3� hr
BLUR .
kit �swek.
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M-2 PHOTO SUBSYSTEM WEIGHT ESTIMATE
OPTIONS
SINGLE MK IRE DOUBLE MK DOUBLE MK/lli
PAN CAMERAS 470 470 490
SUPPLY SPOOLS 20 20 25
CA SSETTE (s) 25 50 55
FRAME CAMERA(s) 20 40 40
TOTAL CAMERA 535 580 610
FILM 252 264 504
TOTAL 787 844 1114
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SYSTEM PERFORMANCE COMPARISONS
ES SOU TIOU
2
0
%.7
10
4
2
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6
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.....
40"
ii3.5
4
3
2
i
100 i000
WORIZONTAL PLANE ILLUMINATION (it-candles)
10,000
10/. IM ERROR.
IZ5 N. MI AVE. I4t.
2: I CONTRASi
50-132 FILM
FULL DEVELOPMENT
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DISTRIBUTION OF ci IN FORMAT
ZeS�
0
28�
30�
IF d @ CENTER OF FORMAT IS 5.3 ft.,
93% OP FORMAT HAS A cis OF 6.0ett.
OR BETTER.
NOTE: 150 sizezro mica- hys 7; Jaz( 171-1e1;
Alaff THAN eV/WINO/IP iffiefa.
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VI DICON
CAMERA
CONTROL
V/I4 SENSOR
AZ !MUTH H YAW ANGLE
SE 2VO
ELECTROSTATIC
VIDICON
VIDEO
PROCESSING
NUTATOR
NUTATOR
DRIVE
4 SYNC.
ERROR
CIRCUITS
SENSOR
OPTICS
TRACKING
OPTICS
TRACKING
SERVO
V/ ERROR
YAW ERROR
vA4 MEMORY
EXTERNAL vim
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IN-FLIGO EXPOSURE CONTROL
EXPOSURE METER
V/I-1 PROGRAMMER
(alteesuRa # f(IMC)
VEHICLE PROGRAMMER
Ns MID rs ms)
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EXPERIMENTS
I.
I 0 V/1-1 DETECTION
1 0 EXPOSURE DETERMINATION'
I 0 ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE
I 0 NIGHT LII-IT PATTERN DETEcTm%EcourrioN
1 0 CLOUD DISCRIMINATION
I 0 SPECTRAL DISCRIMINATION
I 0 PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS
0 READ OUT
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