Show Athena Photographs of Four Corners Released Photographs taken by a high speed camera mounted In the ATHENA test vehicle are being used sed by Atlantic Research Missile Systems Division Division Division Di Di- vision and Aerospace Corp to verify functioning of off the rockets rocket's rockets rocket's rockets rocket's rock rock- rocki i ets et's Important altitude control control con con- system The Honeywell attitude controller points Athena's Athenas Athenas Athena's Athenas Athena's Ath Ath- enas ena's velocity package age third and fourth stages and reentry re en 1 try vehicle in the desired re reentry reentry reentry re- re entry direction following s secand sec second sec sec- cond c- c ond and stage separation The cameras have been used used used us us- ed In the three developmental flights of Athena an and will be discarded when the vehicle is launched with powered third and fourth stages In Inthe Inthe Inthe the first three launches only first and second stages were powered For the most recent flight a modified Fairchild 70 mm camera which shoots six frames a second was placed in the vehicles vehicle's fourth stage After second stage separation the attitude de controlled performed performed per per- formed velocity p package pitch over maneuver and aimed aimed aim aim- ed It at the Impact area The camera operated atan at atan atan an altitude of miles and took pictures covering square miles an area greater great great- greater er than that of most New England States While pictures are being Ing taken radar indicates the al altitude attitude ale at- and location of the velocity velocity velocity ve ve- package Once the photos photos photos pho pho- tos are on hand they survive I impact pact in a cas cassette cassette cassette cas cas- sette three or more ground points are selected or Iden Men Vectors are then drawn between the known position of the camera and the land land- marks The angle at which the landmark appears to tile the camera verifies the reentry angle of the velocity package Under the direction of the Systems of the Air Force Systems Command Command Command Com Com- mand Athena is being developed developed developed de de- de- de under contract to the Missile Systems Division of ot Atlantic Research Presently scheduled is a series of more than 70 Athena launchings The Athena vehicles vehicles vehicles ve ve- are being built at the Atlantic Research facility in inEl inEl El Monte California Final assembly assembly as as- and checkout of the vehicle is accomplished at Green River Utah |