Object Details
- Manufacturer
- RCA Astro Electronics
- Summary
- In the 1970s, NASA inaugurated the Landsat series of satellites to study the Earth from space. The program demonstrated the practical benefits of such research: for the first time the Earth's natural resources--land, water, and vegetation--could be mapped and studied continuously and on a global basis.
- The Earth Resources Technology Satellite (later renamed Landsat 1), launched in 1972, was the first of these satellites. One of the main instruments was a Return Beam Vidicon (RBV) camera, which provided provided black and white images of the Earth.
- This artifact, a vidicon (or television) tube, was the key component of this instrument system. The RBV used three vidicon tubes, each gathering data at different wavelengths.
- Mr. Abe Schapf donated this artifact to the Museum in 1975.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Abe Schapf
- Inventory Number
- A19761829000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Instruments & Payloads
- Materials
- Glass, ferrous alloy, white metal alloy, copper alloy, unidentified plastics, paint, black ink
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 21.3 × 5.7cm (8 3/8 × 2 1/4 in.)
- 3-D: 0.2kg (0.4lb.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- One World Connected
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19761829000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv969befd66-7a1a-4bb3-aff8-2c8b2b5d1f5f
