Meeting the Challenge : The Hexagon KH-9 Reconnaissance Satellite.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- A Note from the Editor-in-Chief -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Reconnaissance Cameras in Space -- Chapter 2. Hexagon Camera System Overview -- Chapter 3. The Perkin-Elmer Organization -- Chapter 4. Hexagon, The Early Days -- Chapter 5. In the Beginning and the Facilities -- Chapter 6. Film Supply Assembly -- Chapter 7. Looper, Film Path, Pneumatics, and Thermal Design -- Chapter 8. Optical Bar -- Chapter 9. Platen and Film Drive -- Chapter 10. Joining the Corporation -- Chapter 11. Servo System -- Chapter 12. Frame and Take-Ups -- Chapter 13. Reliability Aspects of Hexagon -- Chapter 14. Manufacturing and Testing -- Chapter 15. Field Operations -- Chapter 16. Film and a Disagreement with the CIA -- Chapter 17. The Electronics -- Chapter 18. Sunken Reentry Vehicle -- Chapter 19. Explosion -- Appendix A. Hexagon KH- 9 Launch Data History -- Appendix B. The Twister -- Appendix C. Servos, Image Motion Compensation, and Precision Velocity Control -- Appendix D. Thermal Control, Modeling, and Analysis -- Appendix E. S-Cubed -- Appendix F. Perkin-Elmer Personnel -- Index.