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CONTENTS
GENERAL RELEASE----------------------------------------1-6
LUNAR ORBITER SPACECRAFT--------------------------------7-8
SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATION--------------------------------9
Camera System-----------------------------------------10-11
Photo Taking Process---------------------------------12-13
Photo Processing System-----------------------------14
Photo Readout Process-------------------------------15-16
Electrical Power System-----------------------------17
Attitude Control System-----------------------------18-20
Vrelocity Control System-----------------------------21-22
Communications System------------------------------22-24
Temperature Control System-------------------------24-25
LUNAR ORBITER TASKS------------------------------------25-26
Lunar Photography-----------------------------------26-27
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MAJOR FLIGHT EVENTS------------------------------------40
Launch Vehicle Flight------------------------------ 40-41
First Spacecraft Events---------------------------- 42
Lunar Orbiter Injection--------------------------- 43
Photographic Orbit Injection----------------------- 43-44
LUNAR ORBITER AND ATLAS-AGENA TEAMS---------------------4-49
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NA)IONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION WO 2-4155
NEWS WASHINGTON,D.C. 20546 TELS* WO 3-6925
SECOND ORBITER
LAUNCH SCHEDULED
Orbiter II.
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VELOCITY UPPER STRUCTURAL
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SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATION
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Camera System
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CAMERA PROCESSOR READOUT
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PHOTOGRAPHIC SUBSYSTEM
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Special platens have been built into the camera to grip the
film and hold it flat by means of vacuum while an exposure is
made. The platens are mechanically driven as required by the
signal sent from the V/H sensor, and their motion, although
very slight, matches the speed of the spacecraft and minimizes
any blur or smearing of the image.
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Distance Traveled by Spacecraft
7 During Single Exposure
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SLight Collector Optics
Photomuultiplier Tube
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to Transmnitter\
Amplifier
FILM SCANNER
As the spot of light passes through
tive, it is modulated by the density the image on the nega-
of
the denser portions transmit less light the image, that is,
density. than sections of lower
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Attitude Control System
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Communications System
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A motor driven gear box at the base of the high gain an-
tenna boom allows the boom to be rotated in one degree steps
to point the antenna accurately toward the Earth receiver.
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DIRECTION
OF TERMINATOR
TRAVEL7 DIRECTION OF E
PH \OT iMOON ROTATION
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Lunar Photography
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The following table lists the primary target sites scheduled to be photographed by
Lunar Orbiter B. Each site is designated by Roman numeral II followed by the letter P
(standing for primary) plus the site number from one to 13.
Lunar Orbiter Mission B Primary Site Locations
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COVERAGE
MISSIONS TARGET
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Site No. Latitude Longitude Coverage Site No. Lat itu de Longiue Coverage
I 4010' N 36055'E IX 16 8 0005' N 1000' w 3X 8
2 2045' N 340 00'E I X8 9 1000'N 13000' W 1X 8
3 4020I'N 210201E 2 X8 10 30 28' N 270 10'W 2X 8
4 4045'N t5 04rE 1 X8 11 00 05'S 19055'W 2X 8
5 ?036' N 24048'E I X8 12 20 25' N 34040'W 2X 8
6 0045'N 240 10'E 2 X8 13 1030'N 42020' W 2X 8
7 20 10' N 2000' W 2X 8
15 IIP-4 8 Fast 4 0 45'N 15 45'E Smooth upland plains area
north of the crater Dionysius.
The area is covered lightly by
rays from Dionysius, but slopes
and relief appear relatively
low for uplands. Low escarp-
ments occur in the eastern por-
tion of the site.
Selenodesy
Major uncertainties about the detailed nature of the Moon's
gravitational field were dispelled by the scientific contribu-
tions of Lunar Orbiter I, and as a result the flight of Lunar Or-
biter B has been designed with considerably more confidence.
Meteoroid Measuremente
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Atlas Agena D
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Supply - - Edge Data
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Data Acquisition
Video data are routed from the receiver at the DSN Sta-
tion to photographic ground reconstruction equipment. A
video signal is generated on board the spacecraft as the scan
beam passes back and forth across the photographic negative.
The signal is transmitted to Earth where it is magnetically
taped and displayed line by line on a kinescope.
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