Montgomery D R, Adams L A
Appl Opt. 1970 Feb 1;9(2):277-87. doi: 10.1364/AO.9.000277.
A television instrument was developed to observe the features of Mars at resolutions and accuracies greater than those obtainable from earth-based telescopes and from photographs obtained by Mariner IV. The television instruments developed for Mariners VI and VII are of a two-camera configuration, exposed alternately during the planetary encounter and providing both analog and digital data to two tape recorders on each spacecraft. Video data from the tape recorders are transmitted in digital form to earth-based tracking stations. This paper describes the functional aspects of the instrument performance and the details related to the optical design and performance. In addition, the objectives and constraints guiding and affecting the instrument development are described.
开发了一种电视仪器，用于以比地面望远镜和水手四号所获照片更高的分辨率和精度观测火星特征。为水手六号和七号开发的电视仪器采用双相机配置，在行星交会期间交替曝光，并向每艘航天器上的两台磁带记录器提供模拟和数字数据。磁带记录器的视频数据以数字形式传输到地面跟踪站。本文描述了该仪器性能的功能方面以及与光学设计和性能相关的细节。此外，还描述了指导和影响仪器开发的目标及限制因素。
