GIANT DRAGON MSN EVALUATIONS

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 9, 2008
• Sequence Number: 74
• Publication Date: April 17, 1969
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJ: GIANT DRAGON "31--IN EVALUA
1. IMAGE QUALITY: THE.,IMAGERY PROVIDED BY BOTH CAMERAS HAS
A GENERAL OUT-OF-FOCUS APPEARANCE AND IS NOT COMPARABLE TO THE
GOOD QUALITY WHICH THIS SYSTEM CAN PROVIDE. ADVERSE WEATHER CONDI-
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THE SLAVE CAMERA IMAGERY OF THIS MISSION THAN THAT OF
CLOUD COVER AND HAZE,OBSCURE APPROXIMATELY 15 PERCENT
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2. MISSION DATA:
A. MISSION NUMBER: T092
B. DATE: 22-MARCH 1969
C. CAMERA NUMBERS:
(1) MASTER: I11
(2) SLAVE: UNREADABLE 9 THE..IMAGE IS
D. FLIGHT TIMES: T/OFF 0018Z C/ON 0041Z
E. FILM: 3404
F. EXPOSURE: 1/225
G. APERTURE: F3.5
H. FILTER: MINUS BLUE
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ORIGINAL NEGATIVE:
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AREAS OF OVEREXPOSURE. THE OVEREXPOSED AREAS WERE ACQUIRED WHEN
THE CAMERAS SCANNED IN THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE SUN.
B. DENSITY AND CONTRAST: THE DENSITY GRADUALLY
INCREASES THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THE CONTRAST IS GENERALLY.
MEDIUM. .
C. IMAGE DEGRADATIONS:
(1) MASTER:.. FRAME .1 , 1256, 1257, .1287 AND 1288
CONTAIN SPLASH TYPE-FOG PATTERNS.. THIS FOG IS PROBABLY
ASSOCIATED WITH CAMERA OFF/ON OPERATIONS. A CONTINUOUS
PLUS DENSITY STREAK IS PRESENT JUST WITHIN THE NON-TITLED
EDGE OF THE FORMAT THROUGHOUT THE MISSION. THIS DENSITY
STREAK MAY BE CAUSED BY THE 200 C.P.S. TIME TRACK LIGHT
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BEING CONTINUOUSLY ON. BANDING-IS DETECTABLE ON THE FIRST,
TWO INCHES OF MOST FRAMES.
(2) SLAVE: THE FIRST TEN INCHES OF FRAME 1 AND.THE ..
LAST TEN INCHES OF FRAME 1289 ARE FOGGED. BANDING IS
DETECTABLE ON THE FIRST TWO TO THREE INCHES OF EVERY FRAME.
OCCASIONALLY, THE BANDING IS PRESENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE
FORMAT (EXAMPLES: FRAMES 277-285, 306 AND 709-717).
D.. PHYSICAL DEGRADATIONS:
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(1) MASTER: A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE IS PRESENT
IN FRAME 739 AND 894.' EMULSION BLISTERS ARE PRESENT ON
SOME FRAMES NEAR THE CENTER OF THE MISSION (EXAMPLES:
FRAMES 559, 591 AND 686).
(2) SLAVE: A MANUFACTURER'S SPLICE IS PRESENT IN
FRAME 159 AND BETWEEN FRAMES 1113. AND 1114. MULTIPLE
LONGITUDINAL EMULSION SCRATCHES ARE CONCENTRATED NEAR
THE TITLED EDGE OF THE FORMAT AND ADJACENT BORDER AREA.
THE SCRATCHES CONTINUE TO APPROXIMATELY FRAME 1069 AND
GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THEREAFTER.-
E. AUXILIARY DATA: THE EVENTS COUNTER AND CAMERA
SERIAL NUMBER ARE IMAGED THROUGHOUT. THE IMAGE OF THE SLAVE
CAMERA SERIAL NUMBER IS SEVERELY BLOOMED.
F. THE LAST TITLED MASTER CAMERA FRAME IS 1288 AND THE
LAST TITLED SLAVE CAMERA FRAME IS 1289.
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