PHOTO FROM THE COSMOS,
Abstract
The instrumentation and technique involved in photographing the moon by a USSR lunar probe are discussed. To take pictures of the invisible part of the Moon, it was first of all necessary to determine the moment when the interplanetary automatic station with its photolenses should be turned to face the lunar surface. On October 7, 1959 at 6 hrs., 30 min., when the station was about 65,000 km from the Moon, the system of optical and gyroscopic transmitters, complex electronic computers and control power plants executed this operation and held the probe in necessary position for the entire time of photographing. Both objectives of the apparatus looked for 40 minutes on the Moon only. During this time its reverse side has been photographed repeatedly in two scales on a special 35 mm film. After exposure the film dropped into a small scale automatic developing device, where it was developed and fixed and then it went into a box for scanning and TV transmission. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 09, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0423207
Entities
People
- V. A. Sokolov
Organizations
- National Air and Space Intelligence Center