Start Date
4-1968 8:00 AM
Description
Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is located at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, from where the manned Apollo Space Capsules will be launched. Many new approaches to the launching of space vehicles are incorporated and the extensive use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) for the surveillance of pre-launch and launch activities is considered vital in the Apollo/Saturn remotely controlled launch program. The use of closed circuit television has been used to varying degrees throughout the brief history of space vehicle launchings, however it is believed that this system, with its rather specialized requirements, is a major step forward in the constructive use of the powerful medium of television. The system was designed and installed under the supervision to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, and every attempt has been made to combine the lessons that have been learned in the TV broadcast, industrial, education, CATV, MATY, and long line transmission fields into a superior television system for use at LC-39.
Operational Television System for Launch Complex 39 at the John F. Kennedy Space Center
Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is located at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida, from where the manned Apollo Space Capsules will be launched. Many new approaches to the launching of space vehicles are incorporated and the extensive use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) for the surveillance of pre-launch and launch activities is considered vital in the Apollo/Saturn remotely controlled launch program. The use of closed circuit television has been used to varying degrees throughout the brief history of space vehicle launchings, however it is believed that this system, with its rather specialized requirements, is a major step forward in the constructive use of the powerful medium of television. The system was designed and installed under the supervision to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, and every attempt has been made to combine the lessons that have been learned in the TV broadcast, industrial, education, CATV, MATY, and long line transmission fields into a superior television system for use at LC-39.
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