Publication Date:
2005-11-30
Description:
In the Apollo 15 mission, a mapping camera system and a 61 cm optical bar, high resolution panoramic camera, as well as a laser altimeter were used. The panoramic camera is described, having several distortion sources, such as cylindrical shape of the negative film surface, the scanning action of the lens, the image motion compensator, and the spacecraft motion. Film products were processed on a specifically designed analytical plotter.
Keywords:
SPACE SCIENCES
Type:
NASA. Manned Spacecraft Center Apollo 15 Prelim. Sci. Rept.; 12 p
Format:
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