NASA LUNAR TOPOGRAPHIC CAMERA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05703A000700020010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2005
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 22, 1970
• Content Type: MFR

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NPIC/TSSG/RED/RSB-054-70
22 May 1970
THROUGH: Chief, Reconnaissance Systems Branch, RED/TSSG/NPIC
Chief, Research & Engineering Division, TSSG/NPIC
SUBJECT: NASA Lunar Topographic Camera
1. The undersigned was requested by Ch/RSB/RED/TSSG to provide
O/Dir, Ch/TSSG, Ch/IEG, and Ch/PSG some general information on the
NASA Lunar Topographic Camera. The basic parameters presented in
this memorandum are from a news release
dated 31 March 1970 obtained from Director/NPIC.
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2. The subject, NASA Lunar Topographic Camera, is an outgrowth
of KA-74A camera and called for the production of three (3)
flight cameras. First flight of the Lunar Topographic Camera was on
the abortive Apollo 13 mission. The camera specifications called for
an 18-inch focal length lens with three (3) shutter speeds, a = 25X1
device on a 42 inch square format which allows exposure rates varying
from 4 to 75 frames per minute. Stereo coverage is available provid-
ing detailed information of the lunar surface on orbits ranging from
8 to 60RM. Convergent stereo will be obtained by flying one pass with
the camera pointed vertical and a following pass pointing AFT. Swath
width during the 8-mile moon orbit is 1 3/4NM increasing to 15NM on
the 60-mile orbit, with the camera pointing to the NADIR. Film
capacity is 5-inch by 100 feet for standard and 200 feet for thin base.
3. The camera is mounted in a fixed position at the Command
Module Hatch Window and photographic methods approximate those long
used for aerial surveys of the earth's surface. The astronaut will
aim the camera by orienting the orbiting Command Module toward pre-
planned targets.
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Attachments:
1. Lunar Topographic Camera
2. Lunar Topographic Camera Installation
Distribution:
1 - NPIC/O/Dir (watt)
1 - NPIC/TSSG (watt)
1 - NPIC/IEG (watt)
1 - NPIC/PSG (watt)
1 - NPIC/TSSG/RED (w/att)
2 - NPIC/TSSG/RED/RSB
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FILM MAGAZINE
(SHOWN PARTIALLY EXTENDED)
REMOTE
CONTROL
CONNECTOR
VACUUM
FITTING
POWER
CONNECTOR
FORWARD MOTION
COMPENSATION
DRIVE MECHANISM
THIS SURFACE MOUNTS
IN HATCH WINDOW
OF THE APOLLO 13
COMMAND MODULE
CAMERA
LENS
HOUSING
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TOPOGRAPHIC
CAMERA (HILT-548)
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V' IHDOW
CONTROL BOX,
EXTRA MAGAZINE
STOWAGE
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