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AS09-26D-3744D - Apollo 9 - Apollo 9 Mission image - S0-65 Multispectral Photography - California

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AS09-26D-3744D - Apollo 9 - Apollo 9 Mission image - S0-65 Multispectral Photography - California

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Description: Earth Observation taken by the Apollo 9 crew. View is of Santa Catalina and San Clemente Islands, San Bedro, Bay area and Oceanside in California. Latitude was 33.16 N by Longitude 118.12 W, Overlap was 50%, Altitude miles were 103 and cloud cover was 25%. This imagery taken as part of the NASA S0-65 Experiment ``Multispectral Terrain Photography``. The experiment provides simultaneous satellite photography of the Earth's surface in three distinct spectral bands. The photography consists of four almost spatially identical photographs. The images of ground objects appear in the same coordinate positions on all four photos in the multispectral set within the opto-mechanical tolerances of the Hasselblad cameras in the Apollo 9 spacecraft. Band designation for this frame is D. Film and filter are B/W SO-246,Panchromatic Wratten 25A. Mean Wavelength of Sensitivity is 645nm Red. The Nominal Bandpass is 580-700nm.

Subject Terms: Apollo 9 Flight, Earth Observations (From Space)

Categories: Experiment (Non-medical)

Original: Film - 70MM B&W

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit
Apollo 9 - AS09-26D-3854D through AS09-19-2909

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06/03/1969
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