ALSEP Familiarization Course Handout

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:' NATIONAL AERO NAUTICS AND S PACE . ADMINIST RATION

Apollo Luna r Surfa ce

Experiment s Pac ka geALSEP Familiarization CourseHandout

1 May 1970. Contract NAS9 -5829

BSR 2832-A


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Tableof Contents

Page

Introduction................................... 1

PhysicalCha ra cteristics....................... 5

DeploymentConsiderations ................... 20

PowerS ubsy st em............................ 43

DataSubsystem............................. 47


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APOLLOUNARURFACEXPERIMENTSACKAGE

Ii' [Jt '11 _;_/lh'7:: i ' 'Jr .;

'.!i.' :''''_'''' :-,..','...'/_. ,._?i '

-- A PACKAGEOFSCIENTIFICINSTRUMENTSNDSUPPORTING_ '_SUBSYSTEMSORUSEONTHELUNARSURFACE

CARRIEDONAPOLLO ,DEPLOYEDYASTRONAUT ONEYEARCONTINUOUSPERATION2 YEARMAXIMUM )

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EXPERIMENTLIGHTSS IGNMENTS

NASA EXPERIMENT ABBR APOLLONUMBER PR INCIPALINVESTIGATORNO. 11 12 13 14

SO31 PASSIVESEISM IC PSE X X X X DR. G .V. LATHAM,COLUMBIASO33 ACTIVESEISMIC ASE X DR. R.L. KOVACH ,STANFORDSO34 MAGNETOME TER _SM X DR. C.P. SONNEI-I' ,ARCSO35 SOLARWIND SWS X DR. C.W. SNYDER ,JPLSO36 SUPRA THERMALON SIDE X X DR. J.W. FREEMAN ,RICESO37 tEATFLOW HFE X DR. M.G. LANGSETH, COLUMBIASO38 CHARGED -PARTICLE CPLEE X X DR . B.J. O'BRIEN ,RICE

S058 COLDCATHODEAUGE:' :CCIG X DR.F.S. JOHNSON ,SCAS

S059 LUNARFIELDGEOLOGY ** X X X X DR.E.M. SHOEMAKER,SGSLASERRANGING

S078 RETRO-REFLECTOR LRRR X DR.J. W. FOWLER, WESLEYAN* INCLUDEDN SUPRATHERMALONONCERTAINFLIGHTS'::*EQUIP PARTIALLYCARRIEDBYALSEP

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INSTALLAT IONN LUNARMODULE

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LUNARURFCEACT IVITY....... TRANSFERALSEP _ '-

DEPLOYMENTTASKS < _" _ _ . '

ASSOCIATED REMOVE I'IWITH LM ! c J PREPAREFOR TRAVERSE

.il PACKAGES

TRAVERSE--_ :J._.'_ :-DEPLOY

ALSEP DEPLOYCENTRAL __t A_AEPLOYMENTSTATION _ /'_ _ _ DEPLOY

"_ ' / _'_D EXPER IMENTSASKSAT _6_c _:IXPERMENT _

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STOWE DONF IGURAT IONI ALSEP4 J

SUPRATHERMAL R TGTHUMPER IONDETECTORASSEMBLY ALHT

CPLEE CARRIER

PASSIVESEISMICEXPERMENT

1ANTENNA

SU BPACKAGEO .2ANTENNAAIMING MECHANSM

MORTARBOX

SUBPA CKAGEO .1 DEc97_99,_


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REMOVEACKAGES

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RTGFUELING

THERMALSHIELD

RELEASEATCH

t (LANYARDOPERATED)

CASKIN T,iN/_ _ _MOUNT,NG&

FLIGHTPOSI . STRUC TURE

LM IN TERFACE'_NS_--_ ITTINGS

_ ,._ '. L-J I (GRUMMAN)_ _-_- : --Z-" r / _ - ROTATIONMECHANISM

(ADJUSTABLEBY ASTRONAUT)

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MAST/CARRYARNDLE

_BOT TOM SURFACE' / OF SUBPACKAGE 1

HANDLEEDGE

OF PALLET_

" _}m" BOTTOM

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' SURFACEOFSI

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PREPAREORTRAVERSE

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TRAVERSE

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RT GCABLE

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RTGCABLEONNECTION

l

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ALSEPUBPACKAGEO.1

dU_PLO Y[pD

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ALSEPUBPACKAGEO.2_^lL/1_D Rr_

LO_PLOY_D_

PS[S lOO_

SUP_A T_R_ICNDITLCTO_[XP_I_NT DEP _OYED_

A_LtOLUNARt_UDL_

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DEPLOYENTRALTAT ION

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CENTRALTAT IONEPLOYEDONF IGURAT ION

HELICAL_ANTENNA

ANTENNALIGNMENT

MECHANSM'"-..,..._ ELDEXPERIMENTOUNTING

SUPPORTS DETEC TOR

SIDECUR TAN '.RMALREFLECTORRMALRADIATOR

CONNECTORSTO DATA SUBSYSTEM

DEPLOYEDEXPERIMEI COMPONENTS (Hidden)

ASTRO HANDLE ACT IVAT ION

RTGCONNECTOR SWlTCHES

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SUBP ACKAGE1 THERM ALOMPO NENTS

SUNSH IELD CURTAIN(PARTOFSTRUCTURE ) _ _ ,..,.,.,,,,, ,,.,. ,...,,

-'---...._ _._,.?E_/_,rdJ_ _l

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[ _ _ INSULATION _. r,_ '_,, ,-' - ', '_MASKS bUK/_ll_

THERMALPLATE '_

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MAST/PRIMARYTRUCTURE

PR IMARY / ERMAL PLATE/

STRU /',URTAINS

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DEPLOYMENTRRANGEMENTLIGHT)RDGEOPHON E

2NDGEOPHON [

S

1STGEOPHONE

E W R TG ANTENNA

LMCENTRAL

LUNARNORTH S TATION

PASSIVEEIS MIC

MBA

CPLEE

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CClO


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PASSIVEEISMICXPERIMENT

CEN TRAL MAN(;ANINRIBBON SENSORASSYSTATION CABLES THERMAL WITHIN THERMALELECTRONes BARRIER CONTROLSSY

/ PAIR OF _ _ ,_

STOOL -'

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INSTRUMENTETA ILS+ X AXIS

TOPVIEW

-y YAXIS

LPVERTICAL(Z) SENSOR

LACOSTESPR ING _" :_:--LP HORIZON TAL(X,Y) SENSORS

_[_o_oo_-5, _x_x,_ _[_so._oo_

CAPACMAsSITOR '__ iN__

PLATE_ _.MOT _ /_.,_ _

1 j__VE I CAPACI TOR MOTI

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ELECTROMAGNET M ASSr_ !. '_ WORMDRI' ELECTROMAGNETFORCALIB . / SPRINGADJUST. FORCALIB.CAGING BELLOWS BELLOWS

(RETRAC TFORUNCAGE) (RETRACTFORUNCAGE)

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PSEREMOVAL

RELEASEFASTENERS

INSER TUHT

LIFTEXPERIMEN T

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j.----_ _ _ _'"' /?' ,._ _ UH T

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PSEEMPLACEMENTRITER IAPARAMETER REQUIREMENT PRIOR ITY INDICATOR COMMENTS

15Fi' SEPARA TIONREQUIREMENTDISTANCEFROM 9 _1 FI' 1 10 FI' CABLESUBPACKAGE1 FROMRTGFORTHERMALREASONS

DIRECTIONFROM OUTOF FIELDOFVIEW OFSUBPACKAGE1 DUEE OR W" 1 EYEBALL CENTRALSTATIONRADIATOR

SITESELEC TION "QUlET" LOCATION 1 EYEBALL FREEFROMLOOSERUBBLE

INTERACTSWITH ALIGNMENT;LEVEL, WRT _+5 OF BUBBLE

INDICATOR HOR IZONTAL 1 LEVEL INSTRUMENTFINE-LEVELS

INTERNALLYROUGHAL IGN +-20 OFE-W 2 ARROW"" BEFOREOPENINGSHROUD

READOUTOFALIGNMENT +-5 OFE -W 1 FULLROSE AFrEROPENINGSHROUDWRT SHADOW

EXPERIMENT


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PSEALIGNMENTARKINGS

PHASE_ - CONFIGURATION I TASK MARKING

ARROWMAYPOINTCYLINDRICALSENSORASSY ROUGHALIGNVIA _-' : '_ '_-"_ E ORW DEPENDIN G

INSIDETHERMALCASE , ARROWONTOPOF _-_ _ '_ ONSITE'INITIAL ENCLOSEDNTHERMAL GIRDLE

OVERSHROUD

IRDLERETAININGPIN

SHROUD OPENED READOUTV IA i_--'

ASSY LEVELED SHADOWS _ . _ , ! . _ ' _ _1_ ' __ _\!%_ 1 1__

FINAL WRTCOMPASSARKINGSONTOP _/ /- -"-"' ........'_"'_'-"'"_:_

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ACTIVEE ISM ICXPERIMENTUBSYSTEMXMTRANTENNA _ 14.75 X 5.75 X il. 0 IN. FOLDED

ANDRANGELINE. GRENADE 4)_1_]. _ 44.5 IN. DEPLOYED(DEPLOYED ) _ASSEMBLY ( _ V

INITIATOR_-_ _- SELECTOR

NG SWITCHECEIVI II.

ANTENNA _ AsR_T_R[_ GEOPHONETOCENTRAL DETECTORSO)

GRENADE STATION / 4 80 IN. HEIGH T(INC SPIKE)/

LAUNCH _7_1'66 IN. DIAM

ASSEMBLY

GEOPHONELAG

CENTRALELECTRONICS_ THUMPER 6.77X6.18X2. 75 IN.

MORTAR _ ASSEMBLYBOXASSEMBLY

15.25X 6.0X 11.5IN.

(STOWED) RE CAB

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ACTIVEE ISMICXPERIMENTEMOVALCPLEE

PASSVESEISMIC THUMPEREXPERMENT ASSEMBLY

ANTENNA MORTARBOX

SUBPACKAGEO.1

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ASEDETECTIONYSTEMGEOPHONESENSORS )

TYPE :ELEC TROMAGNETC7.5 CPSATURALFREQUENCY:

SENSTIVITY:250VOLT /METER /SECWEIGHT:60Z EACHSENSOR

AMPLIFIER

3 CHANNELSACHWITH PREAMP,FILTERANDLOGCOMPRESSOR80 DBDYNAMICRANGELOGCOMPRESSEDO40 DBLOGCOMPRESSOREMPERATUREONTROLLED

GEOPHONEAMPLIFIER

SENSITIVITY:5 mlu ,PEAKDISPLACEMENTT10 Hz(1 ml u, GOAL1ATA SIGNALTONOISERATIOOF18db

BANDWIDTH:3 TO250HzWITHRESPECTOVELOCITY

BASIC DATAWORD5-BIT WORDFOREACHSENSORREADNGAT500SAMPLES /SEC(EACHCHANNEL)

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ASEDEPLOYMENTEQUENCE1. VER IFYTHATCENTRALTATIONASTRONAU TWITCHS IN OP ENPOS ITION2. REMOVEHUMPER PLACEN TEMPORARYOCA TION3. REMOVEORTARBOX& PLACE10 F TFROMCENTRAL TATION

IN OPPOSITEDIREC TIONOTHATSELEC TEDORGEOPHONES4. ALIGNTOFIREAWAYFROMGEOPHONESERECTSERECEIVING

ANTENNAINC FLAG)5. EREC TENTRALTATIONSUNSH IELD ANTENNA6. AFTERALSEPCOMMUNICATIONSAVEBEENESTABLISHED ,PLACE

CENTRALSTATIONASTRONAU TWITCHIN CLOSEDPOSI TIONANDSW ITCHTOASEHBR .

7. UNFOLDHUMPER& WALKOUTIN SELEC TEDIRECTIONPLACNGGEOPHONEST lO , 160, & 310FTFROMCENTRALSTATION& IN LINE+ 30USINGFLAGONMORTARBOX(PLUSFLAGPLACEDAT 160-1[GEOPHONEOCATIONAS REFERENCE

8. RETURNLONGGEOPHONEABLEACTUATINGHUMPERT 15 -FTINTERVALSS INDICATEDBYCABLEMARKINGS

9. PLACECENTRALTATIONASTRONAUTWITCHN OPENPOSI TION10. REMOVERENADEETAININGRODASSYFROMMORTARBOX11. ACTUATEORTARBOXSAFE TYSWITCHES2 )REMOVINGHORTS

FROMGRENADERM /FIRECIRCUITS12. PLACECENTRAL TATIONASTRONAUTWITCHN CLOSEDPOSITION

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THIS PAGEINTENTIONALLYLANK

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ASEEMPLACEMENTRITER IAPARAME TER REQUIREMENT PRIORI TY INDICATOR COMMENTS

SITESEL ECTION LEVELUPRANGE 1 EYE BALL SELECTIONUSTCONSIDERBO THDOWNRANGE) GRENADEMPAC T& GEOPHONEREAS

DIS T ANCEFROM I0+ 1 Fl 2 PACED OFF AT LEASTlOFl'ROM RTG

SUBPACKAGEI (ilFTCABLE)o._

,_ DIREC T IONFROM DEPENDSON SITE /SUBPACKAGE1 SCIENCECONSTRAINTS

O

LEVEL + 10 OF HORIZONTAL 1 EYEBALL INTERNALLEVELSENSORS

ALIGN -_3 FROMASSUMED I EYEBALL FIRESAWAYFROMLM &GEOPHONESGEOPH ONESEPLOY-MENTLINE

DISTANCEFROM 12+ 2 Fl'TO].ST ]. 314Fi'CABLE GEOPHONESE TLATERALLYROMSUBPACKAGE !50 _ !.5 Fl' ] .STTO 2ND CABLEON3-FTPIGTAILS

300+ 3 Fl'S TlO 3RD

DIRECTIONFROM 2 EYEBALL OPPOSITEMORTAR PACKAGESUBPACKAGE1

_!LEVELGEOPHONE +7 OF HORI ZON T AL 2 EYEBALL GEOPHONERESPONSEREQUIREMEN T

ALIGNCABLE + 3 FROMSTRAI GHT ] FLAGS* VARIATIONOF2NDGEOPHONEFR OMLINE BETWEENST& ]RD

SPFCAL

REQUIREMENTS_' 2 FLAGS:MOR TARBOXAND2NDGEOPHONEUSEDFORALIGNMENT)

ANTENNAMOUNTED NMOR TARBOX(OMNI-DIRECTIONAL).

EXPERIMEN T GEOPH ONEST LEAST1 0 Fl FROMR TGANDSUBPACKAGEINTERRELATON

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SIDEBUBBLELEVEL

GROUND

SCREEN

GROUND

CCIG_ _SCRFEN

REEL

RIBBONCABLECONNECTOR DEC 69 7399.32


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IONDETECTORNSTRUMENT

SUBEARTHOINT

DETECTORS: ELECTRONICS HELIXHIGHENEI CHANNELTRON

LOWENERGY- _ ELECTRONMULTIPLIER

CURVED -PLATEANALYZER

COLLIMATORVELOCITYFILTER

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CC IGNSTRUMENT

ORIFICECOVER

ORIFICE SEALEDVOLUME

MAGNETSHI

DDE

CATHODE

MAGNET

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S IDEREMOVALHANDLING

S IDEONSUBPALLE TOFSUBPACK2 SOCKET BUBBLE ASTRONAUTRELEASESFAS TENERS

' 1EXP ERTIE-DOWNRELEASEDYROTATINGGROUNDSCREENUBE

4 EXPERTIE-DOWNSRE LEASEDY GROUNDSCREEN TUBEUSINGUH T

CONNECTORELEASEDY USlNGUH T EXPERIMEN TIFTEDUSINGUH T IN

HANDLINGSOCKE T CONNEC TORIF TEDBY LANYARD

ASTRONAUTDEPLOYSLEGSBY PULLINGLANYARD

PLACESEXPERON LUNARSURFACE PLUGSCONNECTORNTOCENTRALSTATION REMOVESCREENFROMTUBE& DEPLOYS

SCREEN LIFTSEXPER CABLELANYARD REMOVESCClO A'FI'ACHEDOCABLE STANDSEXPERON SCREEN RELEASEPIN DEPLOYSCCIO(OFF SCREEN) (LEGRELEASEPIN

PULLEDBY LANYARDONOTHERSIDE)

CONNECTOR TO BEMATEDBY ASTRONAU T

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S IDEEMPLACEMENTRITER IAPAR AMETER R EQUIREMENT PRIORITY INDICATO R COMMENTS

DISTANC E FROM

SUBPACKAGE1 55 -+5FT 2 60 F_ CABLE

' DIRECTIONFROMSUBPACKAGE 2 EYE BALL

OJ,,, -UIJl. SITESELECTION SMOOTH 1 EYEBALL SUITABLE FORi- SCR E ENIJJ

LEVEL, WRT INTERACTSWI TH5 0 OF HORIZ ! BUBBLE A LIGNMENTINDICATOR

ALIGN, WRT THERMAL& SCI-50OF E-W 2 ARROW EFrTIFICREQUIRE-

SHADOW MENT

ILl POSITION OFFSCREEN, TO SATISFY ALIGN-O OPPOSITELM , ] 5 FTCABLE MENTREQUIRE-

._ 5__ FROM DE TE CTOR MENT S0 ALiGNORiFiCE AWAY FROM (90)

Z 20 OF NOR S 2 PAIN T ALL SUBSYSTEMS,OLM, SUN& EARTH

EXPERIMENT HEAVYMAGNETIN ION G AGE IS SH IELDED.I NTFRRELA TION

SPECIAL *ARROWMUS T POINTTOWARDSUBEAR THPO INTIE ORW); HENCE,EXPERIMENTSREQUIRi:MENTS NOT BIDIRECTIONAL FINAL A LIGNMENTIS BY SHADOWSON LONGSID ESOF

DETECTOR.

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S IDEALIGNMENTARKINGS

"


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CHARGED -PART ICLEUNARNV IRONMENTEXPERIMENTUBSYSTEM

_,__.- x 20AST

ICALA NALYZE R

ELECTRON I CS

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CPLEEHYSICALNALYZER

DEFLECTINPLATES

ELECTRONMULTIPLIERS

PARTICLESIN

COLLIMATINGSLITS

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CPLEEREMOVALEXPERIMENT ASTRONAU T:INVERTED RELEASESFASTENERS

d_ -.--._ _ r_ - __ INSERTSUHT---_ / ...._-_-_ L IFTSEXPERIMENT

ROTATESXPERMENT?

CABLE _

REEL __ / ,_ls gO _ / UHTSOCKET

/_ ( _-_ _ _ ,.J-_..dx OTATION,_:'- ;: ' _

f' t " _.._.,"..', ,".-_.._ ..., i_. '_ ] ]_ ,x,__ -MOUNT ING

.- _-----._. .-_--,,__ ,EIEINGS.,_ , .= - ,.... SUNSHI .-.DEC; 69 7399. 40


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CPLEEMPLACEMENTRITERIA

PARAMETER REQUIREMENT PRIORITY INDICATOR COMMENTS

DISTANCEFROM 10 + 1 FT 1 PACEDOFF CRITICAL SEPARATIONISSUBPACKAGE ] (1 1FTCABLE ) FROM RTG AND SUB -

PACKAGE 1

DIRECT I ONFROM WI THIN SE ( ORNW) 1 EYEBALL AT LEAST 14 FTFROM RTG

SUBPACKAGE 1 QUADRAN T FROM AND PREFERABLY 20Fl' *

CEN T RALS T ATION AVOID F I ELDOF VIEW OF

CENTRAL STATION RADIATOR

SITESELECT I ON APPROX. HORIZ. 2 EYEBALL 75(HALF-ANGLE ) ERTICAL

CONE MUST BECLEAR EXCEPT

FOR ALSEP ANTENNA

LEVEL,WRT -+2 .5 OF HORIZ 1 BUBBLE IN TERACTSW ITH ALIGNMENTI NDICATOR

ALIGN. WRT i 2OF E-W 2 ARROW* THERMALREQUIREMENTSHADOW

READOUTOF :t IOF E-W 1 GNOMON SCIENTIFIC REQUIREMENT''_

ALIGNMEN T & ROSE

EXPERIMENT _'CONTAM INATINGRADIOACI'IVEFIELDAT CPLEECAUSEDBY OTHERINTERRELATION SUBSYS TEMSMUST BELESS THAN0 1 COUNT /SECN ALLCHANNELS.

,, ,, I I I

SPEC (A[' '!'_::EXPER IMENTS B IDIRECTIONALFORSC IENTIFIC OUTPUTBUTARROWREQUIREMENTS POINTSEAST

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CPLEEL IGNMENTARKINGS

SHADOW_ jUHT

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SYSTEMEVELESCRIPTION

CMaM'%, TELEMETRY

LINK .._ LIN._

I I. COMMANDSIPOWER ! POWER ,. IDATA J_u ,_sYsT_M_r_O,)ATASU_S','_T_

[ [ F -- ---_'_OWERDATA q

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RTGCUTAWAY

ENDPLATEFUELCAPSULE

HOTHERMETICSEAL

FUELCAPSULE THERMOELECTRCASSEMBLY COUPLEASSEMBLY

OUTERCASE HEATREJECTON(COLDFRAME) FINSASSEMBLY

MOUNTING

LUGDEC 69 73 99.44


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POWERENERAT INGUNCT ION

_1RADIOISOTOPE

J JHEAT

',OLDFRAME J JTRANSFERNSULATION

THERMO ELECTR ICJ__J HOTFRAM E

CA'PS'ULE HEATTION CONVERTER I: HERM]_LRADIATIVE( THERMOPILE) J ENERGY IHEATFINS BORON

NITRIDE J ELECTRICAL ' _ _TRANSFER/INSERT ICOLDRAMEICOUPLE POWER CONDUCTIVE

COUPLE' _HOT SHOE HEADER HEAT

_,_._--COLD CAP

J OUTERCASEJFINSTHERMAL

C( FRAME fRADIATIONSPRING TOSPACE

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RTGWARM -UPYCLE1500

CAPSULE

HOT FRAME

100O [ TIMETO [EMPERATURE, START-UPTBD

DEGF OPERATINGDIFFERENTIALAT)(OUTPUTDEPENDSONTEMP&AT)

50{ COLDFRAME

FINS

LUNAR SURFACETEMPERATUREI I I

0 .5 1.0 1.5TIMEFROMFUELING ,HR

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COMMANDNDTELEMETRYINKS

UPLINK / _AN' /TENNA -

DOWNLINK(COMMAND) r (SCIEN TIFICDATA)

i co_A.__-i _,_x_._ ]_A_,_.ECEIVER &SWITCH ; (AANDB)I_- I ,fPOWER

TIMER DISTRIBUTIONUNIT

]ECODER . PROCESSOR

! \

POWER f

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ALSEPCOMMANDINK

* ANTENNA

DIPLEXER

" COMMANDRECEIVER

'* COMMANDDECODER

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DATASUBSYSTEMLOCK IAGRAM

Rehdr n_ RETURNS J COMMAND RECEI VER

POWtR * 29 VELPING DISTRiBU TiON +12V

120 DAY SIGNAL & SIGNAL Returns --_

_l) TYJO (S /GNALS CONDI TIONLR +SV

POW [ R A ND *12VTELEMETRY -IZV

TEt[METRY iNPUTS

1MINUfE, ]2

CONDiTIONI Nfl DATA DEMAND

UNIT SHIFT PUL SES DATA PROCESSOR S C FILT R HELICALCOMMAND DECODER DATA GA1T

i COMMANDS

IL!HERN1OELECTRICJ l _ RETCHA NN EL J Z 276 5 MH zCHANNE L 2 ' 2 2 7 8 5 MHz + 0 0025_ I YE AR

C HA NN EL _ 2 215 5 MHz

JC HANNEL 4 27/ g 5 M HZ I 'l L APOLLO t4COMMANDS I PEXPERIMENT

_ ??VEXPERIMENT AND STANDBY POWER SUPPLY SUBSYSl_MS J'-L I

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ALSEPELEMETRYINK

* DIGITALDATAPROCESSORDDP )

* MULTIPLEXER/CONVERTER

* TRANSMITTERSTWO)

* DIPLEXER/SWICH

* ANTENNA

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ASTRONAUTWITCHES


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ASTRONAUTWITCHES2 3 4

SWITCH

NUMBER INITIAL POSITION ASTRONAUT FUNCTION

1 SEENOTE i RO T ATE[80OCW D ISAB IF ST HE HOLDOFFCIRCU I TCCW ( COVERRECTANGLE)MUST BEOP E RATEDBYTH E ASTRONAUT

ORANGECRESC E NTTO RIGHT

i _ 2 CC W ROTAT E180 CW BACKUP ONLYORANGECRESCENTTORIGHT I CO VERREC T ANGLE ) SELECT XMTR B "ON"

' SELECTDATAPR OCESSOR "ON"' RESETRCVRCKTBKR

J l_ 3 CC W ROT ATE2 7 0o CW BACK UPONLYORANGELAGTOUPPE RRIGHT (ORANGELAGTO SEQUENTIALLYCTIVA TESEXPSIN

UPPERLEFT 1, 4, _ORDERTOOPERSELECT

J l_ 4 CCW ROTAT E800CW ACTIVATEDDURINGDEPLOYMENTRANGEC RESCENTORIGHT (COVERRECTANGLE ) ACTIVATEASEOPERSELECT SWITCHDATAPROCESSORO

ASEHBR ON

(_ 9 CW R OTATE80 C CW MUSTBE CCWTOOPERATESE (SEENOTE2)NPAINTEDCRESCEN TOLEFT COVERALLFOUR ' ACTIVATEASEST BYSELECTTRIANGULAR ' SWITCHDATAPROC ESSOROASEHBROFFSHAPES I. CLOSEASE29VOPE RLINENCCWPO S ITION

2. O PENAS E2gVOPERLINENCWPOSlTION

NOTE:1. SWITCH1 IS ENCLOSEDY ORANGEAINT

2. SEQUEN CEEQ UIREOO PLACEASE IN OPERATE :OTATE5 FULLCCW; APRIL 70 7399 .51EITHERRE QUES TSEG NDCLADSOR ROTATES 4 IN EITHERDIRECTI ON.


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ANTENNAOINTINGONSTRA INTS

LUNARLIBRATION:ANAPPARENTWOBBLINGMOTIONAS VIEWEDFROMTHEEARTH;CAUSESEQUIVALENTARTHMO TIONIN LUNARCOORDINA TES

PRiNCIPALEFFECTS:_+7. 5 LUNARLONGITUDEUETO:

CONSTANTNGULARRA TEOFMOONABOUTITS AXISVARIABLEANGULARRATEIN ELLIPTICALORBITAROUNDEAR TH

_+6.5 LUNARLA TTITUDEUETO :INCLINATIONOFMOON'SROTATIONAXIS TO ITS ORBITALPLANE

t'__3't'I-...........NON-SPHERICALARTH& MOON "_

SOLARPETURBA TIONS ....

GYROSCO P EPEND ULUMOUPLING _ _'_,, ItLCOMBINEDEFFECTS :ATTERNHANGES

MONTHLY& YEARLY

ALSEPANTENNA:22 BEAMWID THDOWN

AJi_t) IH O_ F _tl IDE C _EES>

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ANTENNAANDAIMING

MECHANISM

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