Photography in Space of the Ejection of a Capsule Containing a Television Camera and Transmitter

A Television Feasibility Demonstration carried out by the U.S. Army Missile Command was designed to check the feasibility of combat missile battalions' using a miniature television station as a reconnaissance device. The device, carried aloft by a Redstone ballistic missile and ejected at a point after apogee, was expected to assess immediately the damage inflicted to a target by a ballistic missile warhead. Important phases of the demonstration included development and application of a three-camera recoverable photographic instrumentation system to all four scheduled Redstone demonstration shots. There were special problems involved in the development of the photographic system for which specific solutions were employed. The motion-picture cameras photographed the separation of the missile warhead from the rocket booster; the TV capsule ejection device upon activation; and the initial 25 sec of TV capsule flight in space, recording any phenomena related to roll, pitch and yaw.

Print ISSN

0361-4573

Published

1964-06

Content type

Original Research

DOI

10.5594/J07229