Apollo Telescope Mount of Skylab: an overview
- 1 April 1977
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 16 (4) , 825-836
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.16.000825
Abstract
This introductory paper describes Skylab and the course of events that led to this complex space project. In particular it covers the Apollo Telescope Mount and its instruments and the method of operation of the ATM mission.Keywords
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