Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As best I recall, we tracked this object when I was in the USAF Spacetrack system at Moorestown, NJ, and the BMEWS site at Thule, Greenland, in the late 1960s-early '70s. We also tracked the Apollo command units while they were in parking orbit, but had to observe precautions when tracking them on high-elevation (close range) passes to avoid excessive RF exposure from our 5 Megawatt ERP radar. The camera is long gone from orbit. Nothing lasts long in low earth orbit without occasional boosts, due to atmospheric drag--especially small objects, and among them especially those of low density. Large and dense objects (high mass per unit surface area) persist well, but small hollow ones, like cameras, burn up soon. --howard ----- Original Message ----- From: <mak@teleport.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2004 11:46 AM Subject: RE: [Leica] What about theHasselblads in space? > Collins "dropped" either a SuperWide or a 500c in low Earth orbit during a > Gemini mission not sure if it is still orbiting but I am sure the > collective wisdom of the list will know. > > I had heard that Hasselblad was offering US $1 million to anyone who would > fetch a left behind Lunar Hasselblad and deliver it to the company > museum... > > Lunar Blads had relatively minor modifications and were used without any > protective housings