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o 40° EYEPIECE, 

o MAX 50 POWER, 

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5 N. MI. EXIT PUPIL 

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SUMMARY 

UNMANNED MANNED MANNED 

SYSTEM BASED LINE GROWTH SYSTEMS 

o LAUNCHES/ YEAR 7 6 6 

o RECYCLE TIME 1 MONTH 1 MONTH 8 DAYS 

o NUMBER OF TARGETS 8, 800 JO, 000 20, 000 

PER .YEAR 

o RELATIVE NUMBER OF 1 3 3 

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MOL COST SUMMARY 

OPTION 6 

MILLIONS OF DOLLARS 

LABORATORY VEHICLE & MOL SYSTEM INTEGRATION 720.4 

MISSION MODULE 422.5 

GEMINI B 216.5 

TITAN III M 311.9 

FLIGHT CREW EQUIPMENT 7.3 

FLIGHT CREW TRAINING 1.8 

TEST OPS SUPPORT 2.1 

FLT OPS SUPPORT 13.8 

RECOVERY 8.9 

GSE TD 46.2 

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COMPUTED CHARACTERISTICS 

o ASSUMED TIME CONSTANTS 

6°/SEC ROLL RATE, 12°/SEC PITCH RATE 

1 SEC ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION TIME 

2 SEC MIRROR SETTLING TIME 

2 SEC V/H TIME (1 SEC OVERLAP OF SETTLING TIME) 

o 80 N. MI. ALTITUDE, 8 DAY REPEATER TYPE ORBITS 

(COMPLETE COVERAGE ABOVE 20°N) 

o ASSUMED PICTURE SEQUENCE 

COMPUTER RUN USED G SOFTWARE 

TARGET SELECTION ASSUMES BALANCED STEREO OF + 7-1/2° 

AND 1 N. MI. FRAME 

EQUIVALENT TO TAKING 15° STEREO PAIRS BETWEEN + 20° 

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LAUNCH FOLLOW-ON 

TIII LDC 1 

BASELINE PROGRAM I MPACTS: 

EI THER FOLLOW -ON 

o 60 DAY CRYOGENIC TANKAGE 

o "PROVISION FOR" FILM CHUTE 

ADDI TIONAL FOR RENDEZVOUS 

o "PROVISIONS FOR" DOCKING HARDWARE 

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10 SHOT SLIDING AVERAGE 

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HIS 

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RESULTS OF TARGET RUNS 

o REQUIREMENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE 330 TARGETS/MONTH 

o 95% OF MONTHLY REQUIREMENT SATISFIED IN ONE CLOSURE 

WITHOUT WEATHER 

o WEATHER FACTOR ON AVERAGE IS ABOUT 50% 

o TOTAL OF 836 TARGETS ARE OBTAINED PER CLOSURE (8 DAYS) 

WITHOUT WEATHER 

o TAKE DOES VARY WITH CONVERGENCE ANGLE 

CONVERGENCE ESTIMATED 

ANGLE DIFFERENCE 

20 -8 - 15% 

15 REFERENCE 

10 +20 - 30% 

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DORIAN TARGET DECK AND REQUIREMENTS GENESES 

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(MINIMUM INTERVAL 2 MONTHS) 

o SITES UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATIONS WARRANT MONTHLY INTERVALS 

o A CONCURRENT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (G3

) WAS ASSUMED TO INDICATE 

CONSTRUCTION/MODIFICATION ACTIVITY 

o A COMPOSITE DECK WAS CONSTRUCTED OF: 

o G FLIGHT 977 DECK WITH 4370 TARGETS (SAM'S AND WORLD CITIES 

NOT INCLUDED) 

o DIA DORIAN STUDY DECK WHICH ADDED 1870 TARGETS, 645 OF WHICH 

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o EXPOSURE TIME - .004 SEC. S0346 (4404 x) - 

o RESOLUTION - MOL 50 N. MI. 

GROUND 300 N. MI. 

PROBE . 1 N. MI. 

DISTANT STARS 

o MUST HAVE MODIFICATIONS 

o EITHER MOVABLE PLATE HOLDER AND EYEPIECE OR 

LOCKED OPTICS WITH CONTROL MOMENT GYROS 

POINTING TO . 01 SEC. POTENTIAL CONTROL 

o RESOLUTION LIKE .1 SEC. (GROUND LIKE 1 SEC. ) 

o 22 MAG WITH S0346-20 MIN. EXPOSURE 

o LIMIT MAG 26 - (20 MIN. EXPOSURE) 

ULTRA-VIOLET (FREQUENCIES CUT OUT BY 03LAYER) 

o ROSS CORRECTOR INTERCHANGE TO QUARTZ 

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o USE IMAGE CONV,E.RTER ON OPTICS FOR MANNED POINTING 

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DEPLOYED FEATHERED 

INSTALLATION CHARACTERISTICS 

o DUTY CYCLE - 15% ORBITING DURATION o TOTAL HARDWARE WEIGHT - 387# 

o DEPLOYMENT CYCLE - 30% DEPLOYED 

70% FEATHERED 

o POWER PENALTY -ag0 WATTS QPERATING, 

124 WATTS, AVERAGE 

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< 100 FT RANGE ACCURACY 

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SECTION 

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ri'TENDED MISSION-SIIRWCE MODULE 

o AUTOMATIC MODE VEHICLE SERVICE MODULE 

o ADD CRYOGENIC TANKS, FUEL CELLS, AND 

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ANTENNA STOWED 

HARDWARE WEIGHT_ _ 

o 1LUDING STRUCTURE - 480# 

o POWER PENALTY - 250 WATTS OPERATING, 

6 WATTS AVERAGE 

o DUTY CYCLE -10% ORBITAL DURATION 

o DEPLOYMENT CYCLE - 100% 

\\........ Q PROPULSION PENALTY - 1 FPS/DAY 

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CONTROL CONSOLE (5.7 FT3) MISSION MODULE \ 

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(LBS) (LBS) 

LAB VEH. SEG. 13,555 + 1,940 

G/B SEG. 5,660 + 270 

MISSION PAYLOAD 8,433 + 1,700 

FLGT. CREW SEGMENT 360 + 0 

CREW EQUIP. SEG. 553 + 100 

28,561 4,010 

TOTAL 32,571 

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o ONE YEAR ORBITING VEHICLE OPERATION 

o 60 DAY RESUPPLY CYCLE 

o ATTITUDE CONTROL (ACTS PROPULSION) o LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM 

o PRIME POWER SYSTEM 

o LIFE SUPPORT EXPENDABLES 

o DATA SYSTEM 

o ATTLMUDE CONTROL ELECTRONICS 

o COMMUNICATIONS AND DATA HANDLING 

o ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL 

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