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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1966
Applicant:
Inventor:
Klaus J Hecker, Oberursel, DE;
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358109 ; 358125 ; 102213 ;
Abstract
An electro-optical inspection device for making optical observations of a tellite in space having a stabilized matrix camera with an image tube from which a readout is taken and transmitted through electromagnetic transmitting means to a ground receiving station whenever the camera is directed toward, and at a predetermined distance from, a satellite, as determined by a proximity switching means, to activate the camera and transmitting means for reconstruction of the optical observation at the ground receiving station.