Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Goerz Optical Co.
- Summary
- This is a lens from a stellar camera used from 1962-1972 onboard the U.S. Corona photoreconnaissance satellites. Stellar cameras took photographs of the stars and, in conjuction with photographs from the horizon cameras and the index camera, enabled photo interpreters to more easily determine the exact terrain being photographed by the main cameras. This unflown lens was manufactured by Goerz Optical and donated by Hughes Danbury Optical Systems to NASM in 1996.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Hughes Danbury Optical Systems.
- Inventory Number
- A19960624003
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Photographic
- Materials
- Lens--optical glass
- Lens housing--aluminum alloy
- plastic, rubber
- Dimensions
- 3-D (lens, see notes): 20 × 11.6 × 10cm, 0.7kg (7 7/8 × 4 9/16 × 3 15/16 in., 1.5lb.)
- 3-D (lens cap, see note): 7.9 × 7.8 × 0.8cm (3 1/8 × 3 1/16 × 5/16 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Hangar
- James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19960624003
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9c4f16bbe-fef2-4b82-ac7a-4b62ce592683
