Investigation of Project Ranger: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on NASA Oversight of the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U. S. House of Representatives, Eighty-eighth Congress, Second Session ...Committee Serial No. 3. Hearing includes California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory reports "Ranger VI Failure Analysis and Supporting Investigations," March 27, 1964 (p. 247-457); "Ranger 5 Flight Report," Jan. 4, 1963 (p. 501-584); "Ranger Block III Project Development Plan," Oct. 31, 1963 (p. 669-777). |
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... telemetry data were noisy and the TV battery voltages were low , which might well indicate that the TV sub- system was on and that electrical arcing was occurring . Earlier tests indicated that if the TV had been turned on during this ...
... telemetry data were noisy and the TV battery voltages were low , which might well indicate that the TV sub- system was on and that electrical arcing was occurring . Earlier tests indicated that if the TV had been turned on during this ...
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... telemetry commutation sequence was absent . It is now believed that the telemetry system itself was intact but that the spacecraft master clock had stopped . In the absence of its primary program sequence , the spacecraft could not ...
... telemetry commutation sequence was absent . It is now believed that the telemetry system itself was intact but that the spacecraft master clock had stopped . In the absence of its primary program sequence , the spacecraft could not ...
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... telemetry received during this period just after the booster engine staging that there was apparently a power- load or power drain on the batteries that was more than what would normally be there if just the cruise mode telemetry had ...
... telemetry received during this period just after the booster engine staging that there was apparently a power- load or power drain on the batteries that was more than what would normally be there if just the cruise mode telemetry had ...
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... telemetry points , modifying the mechanism of the telemetry to give us a more positive indication . Mr. KARTH . Would the gentleman yield ? Mr. GURNEY . Regardless of how weak or obscure the signal was that the cameras were on , what ...
... telemetry points , modifying the mechanism of the telemetry to give us a more positive indication . Mr. KARTH . Would the gentleman yield ? Mr. GURNEY . Regardless of how weak or obscure the signal was that the cameras were on , what ...
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... telemetry indications , that change state or give different readings when the cameras are on . Mr. WYDLER . Did those readings show the cameras to be on ? Mr. SCHURMEIER . Some of them showed them to be on , some showed them not to be ...
... telemetry indications , that change state or give different readings when the cameras are on . Mr. WYDLER . Did those readings show the cameras to be on ? Mr. SCHURMEIER . Some of them showed them to be on , some showed them not to be ...
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