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MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL STEWART 

SUBJECT: Special Materials Support Requirements for MOL 

The manned MOL flights, as currently baselined, will support not 

only the early development of the unmanned automatic flights, but also 

will provide for the evolution of techniques to enhance qualitatively 

 and quantitatively the value of the intelligence collected. All 

 flights, manned and unmanned, require precise knowledge of the 

 location of each aiming point. To realize the further enhancement 

of collected intelligence possible in manned flights, it will be 

necessary to train flight crews, utilizing special stimulus materials, 

and to provide them with target cues for use on board the spacecraft. 

We have worked for some time with specialists in this field, and 

we have completed our assessment of what will be required for the 

orderly and timely development of this segment as a system. Key to 

the systematic accomplishment of this task is the development of a 

Master Chip File (Attachment 1) which consists of highly controlled 

master photographic negative chips of each designated MOL-BORIAN 

target installation. These chips will constitute the primary reference 

source materials for the identification and location of NM-DORIAN 

aiming points, and they will also be the master negative from which 

the operational cuing target materials and cue-derived training 

materials will be produced. 

We are now at the point where increased support will be required in 

the actual preparation of the special materials we need. The capabil- 

 ities of the several agencies which could furnish this support have 

been evaluated, and we have concluded that we should continue utilization of ACIC for this purpose. As you are aware, ACIC does possess 

an extensive technical capability and much experience in similar 

support activities. ACIC is also currently providing stimulus 

materials support for our mission simulators. An increased role 

would constitute a significant expansion of ACIC's current support; 

co however, it would consolidate this type of support within a single 

\ government agency and eliminate the need to coordinate the activities 

 of several agencies. 

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Providing the required support involves several functions which 

=111= require long lead times. The preparation of a Master Chip File, for 

)- example, will require approximately 28 months. ACIC is willing to 

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assume the responsibility for providing the support if they are 

assigned the task through AFNIN channels. ACIC personnel have 

briefed Gen Thomas and he has given his tentative approval. In 

order to assure support of a first manned launch in August 1971, we 

should initiate a request for increased ACIC effort by the end of 

FY68. 

ACIC proposed to Gen Thomas that all funding for additional ACIC 

manpower be handled in the same manner as is presently employed in 

funding ACIC support to currently operating NRO projects, i.e., 

through DIAMC funding. If manpower funding is accomplished in that 

manner, direct program funding by MOL would be required only to 

develop and procure program-peculiar equipment and software necessary 

to produce the cues and cue-related materials. ACIC estimates that 

this can be accomplished for a total of approximately $1.5 million, 

equally allocated over FY's 1969, 1970, and 1971. 

Attached is a study which develops in more detail our current 

status and our considerations for effort needed in the future. I 

believe we are now ready to commit to the additional effort I have 

described. I would appreciate your views on this matter. Should 

you agree with my conclusions, I will ask Col R. S. Buchanan to 

assist you in the preparation of any necessary correspondence or 

documentation needed to get these activities under way. 

1 Atch 1 . S. ER 

Special Materials Major General, USAF 

Support for MOL- Deputy Director, MOL 

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SPECIAL MATERIALS SUPPORT 

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INTRODUCTION 

The current MOL-DORIAN system design baseline includes the essential 

equipment, equipment operating procedures, and software requirements 

which will permit the flight crew to demonstrate its ability to enhance 

the performance effectiveness of the MOL-DORIAN system• However, other 

essential support requirements must be identified and satisfied in order 

to assure an adequate demonstration. The use of the flight crew members 

in MOL-DORIAN mission operations will require more preparation (flight 

crew training and simulation activities) and support (special materials, 

etc•) than would be required for an unmanned and purely automatic photographic reconnaissance satellite system. This attachment has been prepared to cover only that portion of the essential support requirements 

which pertain to reference/stimulus materials, i.e., cues, cue-derived 

materials, and other associated materials. 

MATERIALS SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS 

Cues 

MOL-DORIAN system development activities have identified the need 

for reference/stimulus target materials and other information (cues) for 

on-board use by the flight crew during pre-pass study and active pass 

activities. The MOL-DORIAN system design baseline has provided for the 

procurement of the equipment and related software and techniques, but 

the actual materials support (including the equipment, techniques, and 

software necessary to prepare and produce the materials) is not presently 

provided for. 

The cues must be capable of providing an acceptable means of assisting 

the individual flight crew members in rapidly identifying and locating 

designated reconnaissance targets (referred as "aiming points" in MOLDORIAN operations planning). Because of the limited time available for 

cue viewing by the crew members, the cues must be provided in a manner 

that will permit automated retrieval and presentation to the crew members 

at the exact times they are required during the mission. 

It is assumed that MOL-DORIAN aiming point designations will be 

established in advance by the appropriate agencies of the intelligence 

community, and it further is assumed that the designated aiming points 

for any MOL-DORIAN manned mission will be identified some reasonable 

point in time prior to the scheduled launch of the flight vehicle for 

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that mission. It is recognized that there might be exceptions based 

upon near real time intelligence information requirements; however, 

such exceptions cannot accurately be predicted and included in the 

determination of cuing requirements for any single mission. Target 

priority, on the other hand, reflects the selective urgency (assigned 

by the intelligence community) to the need for information on a 

particular designated target. Although initial priorities can be 

expected to be assigned prior to the launch of any manned MOL-DORIAN 

mission, it can also be expected that such priorities will change 

during the course of the mission as the intelligence community or the 

mission ground control elements exercise their prerogatives to change 

priorities on a near real time basis in response to changes in the 

relative urgency of the need for certain types of intelligence 

information. Therefore, in order to provide the capability to respond 

to continuous mission direction from the ground, it is anticipated that 

the orbiting vehicle will carry sufficient cues to cover all aiming 

points identified in the designated MOL-DORIAN target list for each 

mission. 

Information supplied for planning purposes indicates that there 

will be some 4,000 to 5,000 designated potential target installations 

against which the manned MOL-DCRIAN vehicles could be employed on any 

single mission. Intelligence community activities conducted in an 

attempt to convert the installation figures into specific MOL-DORIAN 

targets (aiming points) have resulted in an estimate that there will be 

between 13,000 and 14,000 designated potential aiming points against 

which the manned MOL-DORIAN vehicles could be employed on any single 

mission. Operational evaluation of the cue requirement has determined 

that two separate types of cuing target materials (1.5 nautical mile 

field of view for pre-pass study, 3.0-5.0 nautical mile field of view for 

active pass operations) are required, that more than one aiming point 

can normally be accommodated on an individual cuing target material 

product, and that some duplication of identical products will be required 

due to orbital factors and the limitations of the available cuing target 

material retrieval and presentation equipment. Since it is visualized 

that a complete and independent set of these cuing target materials 

will be provided for each crew member, two complete sets of these 

materials, consisting of approximately 10,000 individual products per 

set, are planned to be carried in the orbiting vehicle during each 

manned mission. 

Cue-Derived Materials 

In addition to the on-board cuing target materials, other reference/ 

stimulus target materials (cue-derived materials), produced from the 

identical source products as used in producing the on-board materials, 

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will be required to support formal flight crew target study and 

simulation activities. These materials must be prepared so as to provide an exact representation of what will be provided by the on-board 

retrieval and presentation equipment. Therefore, each type of cuederived materials must be prepared and produced in sufficient quantities 

to cover all the potential target installations and aiming points 

designated for the MOL-DORIAN system. Also, the preparation and production process must provide the capability for continuous updating of 

these materials during the long formal training period preceding each 

manned mission. 

Other Associated Materials 

Other special reference/stimulus materials included in the overall 

requirement to support the flight crew target study training and simulation activities are: (1) special materials to support mission 

simulator development activities; and (2) the reference/stimulus 

materials to support mission simulator training activities at Vandenberg 

Air Force Base. 

Categories of Materials Support Required 

The Systems Program Office (SPO) at Los Angeles AFS has identified 

the following basic categories of reference/stimulus materials support 

required to support MOL-DORIAN manned operations (detailed requirements, 

as currently identified by the SPO,are contained in Appendix A): 

1. Materials to support development of MOL-DORIAN hardware and 

procedures, including: 

a. Airborne Vehicle Equipment (AVE) 

b. Simulation equipment, including: 

(1) Engineering Development Simulator (EDS) 

(2) Mission Development Simulator (MDS) 

(3) Mission Module Simulation Equipment (MICE), the 

mission simulator which will be located in the OTEF at Vandenberg AFB 

2. Materials to support simulation training at Vandenberg AFB 

3. Materials to support flight crew target study training at 

Vandenberg AFB 

4. Materials to support on-orbit operations. 

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BACKGROUND 

The need for on-board cues was recognized as an essential requirement in the development of the initial operational concept for manned 

MOL-DCRIAN missions. As a result, the system design baseline and 

procurement contracts included provision for the development of airborne 

vehicle and simulator hardware, procedures, and software necessary to 

provide a visual cuing capability for the manned/automatic MOL-DORIAN 

vehicles. 

The initial simulator development planning included the requirement 

to develop effective methods of providing cuing and other reference/ 

stimulus materials for use in simulation activities. Materials support 

for the simulator development activities were provided through contracts 

(Data Corporation) and by support agreements with government agencies 

that possessed the requisite technical and other capabilities to provide 

such support. The major responsibility was assigned to the USAF Aeronautical 

Chart and Information Center (ACIC) under the existing funding for the 

support of operating NRO projects. ACIC has been providing both technical 

assistance and materials support to the program in response to requirements 

established by the SPO. 

Because of their active participation in the simulator development 

activities, and also because of their extensive experience in the target 

and simulation materials area, ACIC was approached by the SPO (Jul 1967) 

for advice on the development, preparation, and production of the on-board 

cues and related materials. ACIC responded by making recommendations to 

the SPO and to AFNIC (Sep 1967). SPO personnel conducted an extensive 

evaluation of the ACIC recommendations, giving priority consideration to 

technical feasibility, management effectiveness, and cost. An independent 

evaluation of the ACIC recommendations was also conducted by AFNIC. The 

findings and conclusions of these two separate and independent evaluations 

were almost identical. Both evaluations concluded that: 

1. The overall responsibility for the support should be assigned 

to a single government agency within the intelligence community. 

2. The establishment of a new operational facility (facilities, 

equipment, skilled manpower, etc./ specifically for the purpose of performing the materials support preparation and production function for the 

MOL-DORIAN system would neither be practical nor cost effective. 

3. Among the government agencies considered for providing the 

MOL-DCRIAN materials support function, ACIC was the only logical candidate. 

This was based upon ACIC's: 

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a. Unique technical skills and experience, both direct 

and collateral, in similar types of materials support activities. 

b. Existing capability in the following areas: 

(1) Research and development. 

(2) Mensuration and cartographic. 

(3) Graphics presentation. 

(4) Available source material (either available at 

ACIC, or ACIC has rapid access to such material). 

(5) Modern photographic laboratory. 

(6) Modern reproduction facility. 

(7) Editorial and quality control. 

(8) ADP and automation. 

(9) Facility space, and central location of facility 

for servicing both East Coast and West Coast activities. 

(10) Broad community mission in related areas. 

(11) Personnel stability and continuity. 

(12) Established program for handling sensitive 

materials and protecting the security of the materials and their purpose. 

c. Current participation in the MOL-DORIAN development 

activities and current commitment to provide a considerable portion of 

the required reference/stimulus materials support. 

4. Because of the long lead times to develop certain programpeculiar aspects of the materials support, the assignment of the responsibility should be made immediately. 

PROPOSED APPROACH FOR RESOLVING THE MATERIALS SUPPORT PROBLEM 

The following is the approach proposed by the SPO for resolving the 

MOL-DORIAN special reference/stimulus materials support problem: 

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1. That immediate action be taken to assign the overall 

responsibility for materials support (as identified in Appendix A) to 

ACIC. 

a. The support must be formally requested through AFNIN. 

b. MIN is aware of the requirement, and Gen Thomas has 

tentatively agreed for ACIC to assume the support responsibility providing formal request for the support is submitted to AFNIN. 

2. That the formal request for the support, as well as any 

subsequent negotiations relative to the assignment of the responsibility 

to ACIC, be based upon the following ground rules: 

a. Funding for the ACIC support should be accomplished in 

the following manner: 

(1) AFNIN fund for all activities other than development and procurement of program-peculiar special equipment and software. 

(2) AFNIN funding be handled through same channels as 

currently followed in funding for ACIC support of current operating NRO 

projects, i.e., through DIAMC (Sentinel Pad) funding channels. 

(3) SPO fund for and procure all program-peculiar 

special equipment and the software associated with that equipment. 

(a) Probable program-peculiar special equipment 

requirements have been estimated by ACIC to consist of: 

1 Master photo chip printer 

2 Master photo chip file and retrieval system 

Cue strip printer 

4 Cue cassette loading equipment 

(b) ACIC estimates that total funding requirement 

of the SPO should not exceed $1.5 million, with the funding spread equally 

over fiscal years 1969, 1970, and 1971. 

(c) ACIC to provide technical support to the SPO 

for equipment development and procurement activities. 

(d) Equipment procurement be hAndled in a manner 

similar to the procurement of the reformatting equipment previously procured 

for ACIC by the SPO to support the EDS development activities. 

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b. ACIC will be provided sufficient additional program 

clearances to enable them to discharge the support responsibility in an 

effective manner. 

(1) Additional clearances would be required only for 

those key personnel who would possess a "must need to know" concerning 

the actual purpose of the materials produced. 

(2) Existing product clearances will be adequate for 

the majority of ACIC personnel handling the materials as they will not 

have a "need to know" relative to either the purpose of the materials 

nor their program association. 

c. ACIC will be responsive only to the SPO for materials 

support requirements. 

(1) This would not affect the current ACIC relationship with MIN, nor would it restrict or curtail normal liaison and 

communication with other participating agencies and organizations (see 

Appendix B). 

(2) The SPO would develop the requirements on the 

basis of operational direction received through the channels established 

for directing the operational activities of the MOL-DORIAN system. 

2 Appendixes 

1. Appendix A, Support 

Materials Rqmts 

2. Appendix B, Special 

Materials Spt Responsibility Schematic 

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1.0 MATERIALS SUPPORT RESPONSIBILITY 

The materials support responsibility, currently envisioned for 

assignment to ACIC, would consist of technical assistance and procurement, development, preparation, and production support (as appropriate) 

to meet the requirements established by the SPO for: 

1.1 Special Equipment 

This would consist of providing the technical support necessary to 

enable the SPO to procure the additional program-peculiar special equipment and related software required for the production of MOL-DORIAN 

support materials. This will represent a development effort because 

there are no existing equipments available which will meet the reduction/ 

resolution retention, orientation, computer language identification, and 

speed requirements necessary to provide the MOL-DORIAN support. This 

effort will require considerable lead time in order to develop, manufacture, 

install, checkout, and establish the operational capability of the programpeculiar special equipment. 

1.2 Master Chip File 

1.2.1 Description 

This is a program-peculiar requirement having application to both 

manned/automatic and automatic systems operations. The file will consist 

of highly controlled master photographic negative chips of each designated 

MOL-DORIAN target installation. These chips will constitute the primary 

reference source materials for the identification and location of ma, 

DORIAN aiming points, and they will also be the master negatives from 

which the operational cuing target materials and cue-derived training 

materials will be produced. Each chip will contain a very thin superimposed Reseau grid which will permit the accurate location of any point 

on the chip in terms of grid coordinates, and, through relatively simple 

computer software routines, these grid coordinates will be converted to 

geographic and geodetic coordinates (as appropriate) of the highest 

possible accuracy commensurate with available earth location data. 

1.2.2 Relationship to National Data Base 

The current planning for the development of a National Data Base 

(NIETB) does not include this capability, and the officials concerned 

with that effort have stated that the preparation of the master chips 

would be a program-peculiar requirement which must be accomplished by the 
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SPO in conjunction with other system development activities. These 

officials recognize, however, that once the file is developed it 

could constitute a valuable addition to the NIETB. Duplicate copies 

of the master chips could be distributed to the target nomination and 

selection agencies within the intelligence community to serve as a 

common reference for target identification and location activities 

pertaining to other advanced high resolution photographic reconnaissance 

activities. 

1.2.3 A Major Effort Requiring Long Lead Time 

The initial preparation of the file will constitute the major 

element of the entire materials support responsibility. The technical 

processes involved will require a large expenditure of manhours and will 

represent the longest lead time constraint. ACIC estimates that this 

task will require 28 months for completion. 

1.3 Cue Materials 

This will consist of providing: 

a. Training cue materials for use in the mission simulator at 

the OTKF, Vandenberg AFB. 

b. Operational mission cue materials for use: 

(1) In mission readiness simulations at the OTEF. 

(2) During on-orbit mission operations. 

1.4 Cue-Derived Training Materials 

This will consist of providing: 

a. Photographic prints of actual cue imagery for use in 

target study. 

b. 35 MM positive slides of actual cue imagery for use in 

target recognition and other target study applications. 

c. Other cue imagery training materials (as may be determined). 

1.5 Mission Simulator Development Reference/Stimulus Materials 

This will consist of providing: 

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a. Cue stimulus materials to support mission simulator development 

activities (ACIC is currently responsible for this support). 

b. Other photographic reference/stimulus materials to support 

mission simulator development activities (ACIC is currently responsible 

for this support). 

1.6 Mission Simulator Training Materials 

This will consist of providing photographic reference/stimulus 

materials (other than cues) for mission simulator training to be conducted 

at the OTEF, Vandenberg AFB (this is a continuation of the current ACIC 

responsibility to provide similar types of materials for mission simulator 

development activities). 

1.7 Maps, Charts, and Related Materials Support 

Although no specific requirements for this support have been identified, it is assumed that a certain amount of this support will be 

required. This function, however, would be a procurement function only 

(providing materials that have already been produced) instead of a 

production function. 

2.0 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS 

2.1 Master Chip File 

a. To establish and maintain a library containing the approved 

source materials for the production of cues and cue-derived materials. 

(1) Approved source material to consist of highly controlled 

photographic negative chips. 

(2) Library to consist of an archival copy of all approved chips. 

(3) The chips should: 

(a) Cover all installations identified in the most current 

target listing applicable to the MOL-DORIAN system. 

(b) Be prepared from the best available or most appropriate 

photographic imagery. Where photographic imagery is not available, the 

chips should be photographic negatives of the best available or most 

appropriate graphic substitute for photographic imagery. 

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(c) Be updated on a continuing basis in response to 

program experience, more accurate or appropriate subsequent materials, 

and changing requirements. 

(d) Provide the capability to reflect seasonal variations 

for the same installation when practical or appropriate. 

(e) Contain thin superimposed Reseau grids to provide a 

means for accurate location of points on the chips relative to an 

approved geodetic reference system. 

b. To provide the capability for: 

(1) Producing tabular inventory listings at periodic intervals 

to identify current status of the file, and distributing the tabular 

inventory listings to appropriate agencies within the intelligence 

community. 

(2) Providing instructions and computer routines to permit 

other agencies to rapidly and accurately convert chip grid coordinates 

into geographic or geodetic coordinates. 

2.2 Preparation, Production, and Distribution Capability 

To maintain a capability, consisting of skilled personnel and high 

speed, automated equipment (both general purpose and program-peculiar 

special), to provide the preparation, production, and distribution 

necessary to satisfy MOL-DCRIAN support materials requirements. This 

would include: 

a. Capability to transform available photographic imagery 

(master cue chips and other imagery) and imagery substitutes into final 

products for use in: 

(1) Ground simulation equipment development and mission 

simulator training activities. 

(2) Flight crew target study training. 

(3) On-orbit operations. 

b. Capability for rapid update and revision to permit: 

(1) Maximum exploitation of new photographic source 

materials. 

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(2) Operational flexibility during mission preparation 

activities, i.e., ability to accommodate/incorporate revised targeting 

up to just prior to the scheduled launch of a specific MOL-D(IUAN 

manned mission. 

c. Capability to duplicate and distribute copies of master 

cue chips to appropriate agencies within the intelligence community. 

3.0 TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS 

3.1 Special Equipment 

Specific technical requirements will be established jointly by ACIC 

and the SPO. 

3.2 Master Chip File 

Specific technical requirements will be established jointly by ACIC 

and the SPO. 

3.3 Cue Materials 

The following is a condensed listing of the technical requirements 

and characteristics relative to the cue materials and the cue retrieval 

and presentation equipment based upon the current system design requirements baseline, procurement activity, and operational concept: 

a. Cues will be prepared on thin based 16 MM sprocketless film 

having a 12.7 MM circular data format and being capable of retaining 

approximately 120 line pairs/MM at from 10 to 1 to 6 to 1 contrast range. 

b. The 12.7 MM data format will be projected on a rearilluminated 6.5 inch screen with the capability of retaining approximately 12 line pairs/MM on the projected image. 

c. The 12.7 MM data format will be used for two different 

scales in order to provide an approximate 3.0-5.0 nautical mile field of 

view (NM FOV) and a 1.5 nautical mile field of view. 

(1) The 3.0-5.0 NM FOV cues will be displayed to the crew 

members during the active passes. 

(2) The 1.5 NM FOV cues, which will be produced only on an 

"as required" basis,will be used in conjunction with the 3.0-5.0 NM FOV cues 

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for pre-pass target study. They will provide a capability for more 

detailed study of certain special targets than could be accomplished 

with the 3.0-5.0 NM FOV cues. 

d. Multiple targets (aiming points) will be contained, 

whenever possible, on a single 3.0-5.0 NM FOV cue; however,, the aiming 

points must be contained within the central portion of the cue so as 

to leave a 3,000 ft band around the target centers to compensate for 

system pointing inaccuracies. Estimates derived from current development 

target model activities indicate that there will be an average of approximately 2.5 aiming points per 3.0-5.0 NM FOV cue. 

e. The 3.0-5.0 NM FOV cues will have annotations to differentiate between the aiming points contained on a common cue. This will 

permit rapid identification of the programmed aiming point through 

correlation of symbols on the alpha numeric display and the cue 

presentation. 

f. Each cue will be encoded with a binary coded digit (BCD) 

bit configuration to permit automated identification and selection by 

the on-board computer. To minimize the uplink requirements for target 

loading operations, cue identifications will be identical to the 

associated aiming point identifications. 

g. Cues are to be packaged in 16 MM film cassettes (4" x 8" x 1") 

which can be manually changed by the flight crew members while on orbit. 

Each asasette will contain approximately 200 feet (4096 frames) of 2.5 mil 

sprocketless film and will weigh 1.5 pounds. Because of the limited 

number of cues that can be contained in any single cassette, the cues 

must be arranged on the film in a predetermined manner which will, through 

a minimum number of cassette changes, satisfy the search and access 

requirements for the entire mission. The ordering of the film must also 

be capable of absorbing allowable deviation in flight inclination angle 

as well as probable injection errors. 

h. Estimated cue requirements for a single mission have been 

based upon a system development target model derived from current national 

collection requirements. This model contains approximately 13,500 

different aiming points. Allowing for multiple aiming points, this would 

result in a requirement for approximately 7,000 different 3.0-5.0 NM FOV cues. 

It has also been estimated that approximately 1,000 different cues would 

constitute the upper limit requirement for the 1.5 NM FOV cues, resulting 

in a total requirement of approximately 8,000 different cues per mission. 

Allowing for overlap between the coverage contained in the several cassettes 

required to cover the total cue requirement for a mission, i.e., duplications 

of the same cues, it is estimated that as many as 10,000 cues might have to 

be prepared for each flight crew member for each mission. In addition, 

complete sets of cues will be required for use in the ground simulation 

equipment. 

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i. For proper cue orientation, all cues should be oriented 

to their proper azimuth considering the target latitude and assuming 

an orbit inclination of 85 degrees. 

3.4 Cue-Derived Training Materials 

As presently envisioned, these will consist of 9" x 9" photographic 

prints and 35 MM positive slides derived from cue source materials and 

duplicating the actual cues that will be used during on-orbit operations. 

3.4.1 Photographic Prints 

The photographic prints will contain a circular image area of 6.5 

inches in diameter and be an image approximating the image actually 

presented to the crew members by the cue retrieval and presentation 

equipment in the orbiting vehicle. 

3.4.2 Positive Slides 

The 35 MM positive slides will contain the identical imagery as 

that of the photographic prints. 

3.5 Mission Simulator Development Reference/Stimulus Materials 

Specific technical requirements are currently being developed by 

joint SPO and ACIC participation. 

3.6 Mission Simulator Training Materials 

Specific technical requirements to be jointly established by the 

SPO and ACIC when the mission simulator development progress reaches a 

point that will permit establishment of reliable requirements. 

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