• DocumentCode
    908348
  • Title

    The TV-Camera System for Ranger

  • Author

    Mesner, M.H. ; Gravel, A.J.

  • Author_Institution
    TV camera group, Astro-Electronics Div., RCA
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1965
  • fDate
    7/1/1965 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    The limitations on lunar astronomy caused by abberations from the Earth´s atmosphere are overcome by the Ranger TV Payload. Pictures with detail improvement of 2000 over Earth-based observations were obtained. The design of TV cameras for a space probe is subject to environmental and operational constraints resulting in a departure from normal TV design practice. The more important design problemns and solutions are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Bandwidth; Cameras; Circuit stability; Lighting; Moon; Pulse amplifiers; Sun; Surface topography; TV; Terrestrial atmosphere;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Broadcasting, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9316
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TBC.1965.265841
  • Filename
    4043539