EVALUATION OF GIANT SCALE MISSION S-029

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 2007
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: June 29, 1968
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SUBJ: EVALUATION OF GIANT SCALE MISSION S-029.
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1. QUALITY SUMMARY: THIS MISSION PROVIDES IMAGERY WHICH IS
GENERALLY BETTER THAN ANY PREVIOUS-OPERATIONAL GIANT SCALE MISSION.
THE BEST IMAGERY IS LOCATED IN THE EARLIER PORTION OF THE MISSION0,
CONSIDERED FAIR TO GOOD IN CLOUD FREE AREAS. GROUND RESOLUTI N ~ ` - L t
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THE INTERPRETATION SUITABILITY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MISSION zIS
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REMAINING PORTIONS OF THE MISSION ARE DEGRADFD BY CLOUDS AND HA7r,
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RESOLUTION ESTIMATES WERE MADE ON THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE FROM DUB{{ AD
FREE IMAGERY AT OR NEAR NADIR AND-WHERE THE VEHICLE IS AT ALTI CJT3Ei al:
OVER 70,000' FEET.
A. LEFT -`TECHNI'CAL OBJECTIVE CAMERA ~; SCIE
B. RIGHT TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE CAMERA6(92) CLEFT OP,ERAT'IONAL OBJECTIVE CAMERA D. RIGHT OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVE CAMER 2. CLOUDS OBSCURE OR DEGRADE 50 PER. I OF THE NTIRE MISS 3. THE MATERIAL WAS PROCESSED AT THE MISSION EMPLOYED 'THE USUAL SENSORS. 747 MNLY A ALS EVALUA ARE THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVES FROM THE OPERATIONAL AND TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE CAMERAS. THE TERRAIN OBJECTIVE CAMERA MATERIAL WAS TO DETERMINE THE AREAS OF 80 PERCENT. CLOUD FREE PHOTOGRAPHY.
4. ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE MATERIAL . A. COMMENTS APPLICABLE TO BOTH.CAMERAS.-
(1) AJ PROXIMATELY' 50 PERCENT OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY WAS ACQUIRED ABOVE 30 DEGREES OBLIQUITY.
RANDOM MINUS DENSITY STREAKS PARALLEL TO THE
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MAJOR AXIS ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
(3) A PLUS DENSITY STREAK, PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR
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AXIS AND LOCATED 2.0 INCHES FROM THE NON-TITLED EDGE, IS
PRESENT INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
(4) FOG CAUSED BY STATIC DISCHARGE CAN BE DETECTED
ALONG. BOTH EDGES OF THE NEGATIVE.
(5) BANDING-IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
(6) IMAGE SMEAR AND DOUBLE-IMAGERY ARE DETECTABLE ON
HIGH OBLIQUE FRAMES.
(7) THE DENSITY AND CONTRAST ARE. ADEQUATE WHERE
CLOUDS AND HAZE -ARE NOT A FACTOR.
B'. LEFT TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE CAMERA (AL), S/N 64-23.
(1) MINUS DENSITY STREAKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PLATEN
CONFIGURATION'ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
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MATELY 2.0 INCHES FROM EACH FILM EDGE AND SPACED AT IRREGULAR
INTERVALS, ARE DETECTABLE IN LOW DENSITY AREAS.
(3) BANDING IS MORE PROMINENT ON FRAMES IN WHICH THE
SHUTTER IS..MOVING TOWARD THE SUPPLY END OF THE FILM.
(4) THE-FOLLOWING FRAME DATA CHAMBERS ARE EITHER
COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY CONTAINED IN-THEIR EIR PRECEDING FORMATS:
FRAMES 370,. 371, 494, 495, AND 496.
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(5) EMULSION LIFTS ARE-.PRESENT IN FRAMES 575 THROUGH 580,
953, 602, AND 687.
(6) EMULSION SCRATCHES ARE PRESENT IN FRAME 585 AND
604 .
(7) A! HEAT .SPLICE IS LOCATED BETWEEN FRAMES 603 AND
604. AN ULTRASONIC SPLICE, WITH HANDLING' MARKS, IS PRESENT
IN FRAME 671.
(8) CAMERA OFF/ONS OCCUR-BETWEEN FRAMES 669/670
AND BETWEEN 105 2/ 1053.
(9) LAST TITLED FRAME: .1063.
C.. RIGHT TECHNICAL OBJECTIVE CAMERA A--P, (SN-6420)-
(1) , Ai PLUS DENSITY BAND 0.12 INCH WIDE IS PRESENT
2.0 INCHES FROM THE TITLED EDGE OF THE FILM THROUGHOUT THE
MISSION.
(2) A; PORTION OF THE FILM (UP TO 2.25 INCHES FROM
THE UNTITLED EDGE) BETWEEN FRAMES 586 AND 599 IS EXTENSIVELY
DAMAGED. NjUMEROUS EMULSION SCRAPES AVERAGING 1.0 INCH LONG
AND 0.06 INCH WIDE AND A V SHAPED TEAR 2.0 FEET LONG WHICH
HAS BEEN RF{PAIRED BY TAPE AR E' PRESENT.
(3)' AT EVERY POINTING ANGLE CHANGE THE DATA CHAMBERS
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ARE EITHER PARTIALLY OR COMPLETELY EXPOSED WITHIN THE
FORMAT OF THE PRECEDING FRAME.
(4) CAMERA OFF/ONS OCCURRED BETWEEN FRAMES 777/778,
839,840, AND 997/998. FORMAT OVERLAP ASSOCIATED WITH
CAMERA OFF/ONS OCCURRED BETWEEN.FRAMES 839 THROUGH 843
AND 997 THROUGH 999.
(5) THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 1161.
5. ANALYSIS OF THE OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVE CAMERA MATERIAL:
A. COMMENTS APPLICABLE TO BOTH CAMERAS.
(1) THE DENSITY AND CONTRAST'IS.MEDIUM AND APPEAR
SATISFACTORY.
(2) THE TIMING DOTS IMAGED WITH EACH FRAME BEGIN
0.55 INCH AFTER THE START OF SCAN AND EXTEND 0.85 INCH.
BEYOND THE END OF SCAN.
(3) THE DATA BLOCK IS SLIGHTLY SKEWED WHICH CAUSED.
THE MINUTE!AND SECOND MARKS TO. BE OBSCURED ON THE-RIGHT
SIDE. APPROXIMATELY 0.1 INCH OF THE DATA BLOCK ENTERS
THE FORMAT! AREA.
(4) HAIL SCRATCHES ARE PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
THEY ARE MORE SEVERE ON THE LEFT OOC THAN ON THE RIGHT OOC.
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(5) SLIGN_T_TITLI.NG TRANSFER OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY
THROUGHOUT THE MISSION.
(6) TH!E LAST--FRAME OF THE MISSION DISPLAYS FOG
PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH CAMERA OFF.
B. LEFT. OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVE CAMERA (CL) q S/N 4027
(1) TH'E FIRST 0.5 INCH OF SCAN IS DEGRADED AND
APPEARS OUT (OF FOCUS. THE FIRST 0.25 INCH OF THIS IS
MOST SEVERE.
(2) FAINT STRETCH MARKS ARE-PRESENT BUT FILM
DEGRADATION IS MINOR.
(3) PLUS DENSITY MARKS PARALLEL TO THE MAJOR
AXIS OF THE FILM APPEAR INTERMITTENTLY.IN THE FORMAT.
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(4) THE FORMAT EDGE ALONG THE TITLED SIDE HAS A
RAGGED APPEARANCE ON SOME FRAMES OF THE MISSION.
(5) THERE IS NO BIAS BETWEEN THE EVENTS COUNTER AND
THE TITLED FRAME NUMBER.
(6) SPLICES OCCURRED BETWEEN FRAMES 340/341, 455/456,
AND 680/681.'
(7) A CAMERA OFF/ON-OCCURED BETWEEN FRAMES 391/392.
(8) THE LAST TITLED FRAME IS 932.
C. RIGHT OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVE CAMERA (CR) S/N, 4002
(1) THE FIRST 0.7 INCH OF IMAGERY IS DEGRADED AND
APPEARS OUT OF FOCUS. THE FIRST 0.3 INCH IS THE MOST SEVERE.
(2) DIRT AND FOREIGN PARTICLES ARE PRESENT INTER-
MITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE MISSION: DEGRADATION IS MINOR.
(3) SPLICES OCCUR ON FRAMES 340/341, 426/.427 AND
680/681.
(4) 'AtAMERA OFF/ON OCCURRED BETWEEN TITLED FRAMES
396/397.
(5) A PLUS ONE BIAS IS PRESENT BETWEEN THE EVENTS
COUNTER AND THE TITLED FRAME NUMBER.
(6) THE LAST TITLED FRAME.IS 947.
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