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Topic: Rendezvous Range Finder (early space shuttle)
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hidaleeho
Member Posts: 57
From: Denver, Colorado, USA
Registered: Dec 2011
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posted 05-13-2017 03:21 PM
   
I am looking for information on a Rendezvous Rangefinder Assembly that I believe was used on early space shuttle flights to assist in docking with MIR or docking with satellites for repairs. I can find mention of laser range finders, but this is completely analog and optical in nature. It is similar to the rangefinder on a camera in that two images converge and when they do the dial gives you a distance. It is a tube about 23" long with a dial on one end with a distance measurement scale. there is a viewfinder to look through with a second optical port at the end with the dial, and a optical port at the other end. |
hidaleeho
Member Posts: 57
From: Denver, Colorado, USA
Registered: Dec 2011
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posted 05-14-2017 05:39 PM
 
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Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 05-16-2017 07:52 AM
I remember a smaller handheld device used onboard shuttle missions, to measure the distance to the Mir space station on board STS-63 and STS-71, up to STS-91? Can't be the same ? |
hidaleeho
Member Posts: 57
From: Denver, Colorado, USA
Registered: Dec 2011
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posted 05-16-2017 10:20 AM
Philip, thanks for your response. Is the one you are referring to similar in design, just shorter, or of a different design? | |
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