Object Details
Manufacturer
Graflex Inc.
Summary
This is a lens from an index camera used from 1962-1972 onboard the U.S. Corona photoreconnaissance satellites. Index cameras took a small scale photograph of the area being covered by the main panoramic cameras and, in conjuction with imagery from the horizon cameras and stellar camera, enabled photo interpreters to more easily determine the exact terrain being photographed by the main cameras. This unflown lens was manufactured by Graflex, Inc. and donated by Hughes Danbury Optical Systems to NASM in 1996.
Credit Line
Gift of Hughes Danbury Optical Systems
Inventory Number
A19960624001
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Instruments & Payloads
Materials
Lens housing--magnesium alloy
Lens--optical glass
plastic-coated aluminum wire
Dimensions
3-D (lens, see note): 24 × 13 × 10.8cm, 1kg (9 7/16 × 5 1/8 × 4 1/4 in., 2.3lb.)
3-D (lens cap, see note): 8.9 × 8.9 × 0.8cm (3 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 5/16 in.)
Country of Origin
United States of America
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Location
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
Hangar
James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19960624001