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Meeting the Challenge : The Hexagon KH-9 Reconnaissance Satellite.
Title:
Meeting the Challenge : The Hexagon KH-9 Reconnaissance Satellite.
Author:
(AIAA), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
ISBN:
9781624102042
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (300 pages)
Contents:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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