Sensor, Horizon, Apollo
Object Details
- Summary
- This device was used to align an on-board navigation and guidance system by sensing the Earth's horizon. It is unflown. The sensor may have been used for an Apollo spacecraft, or a US Air Force satellite.
- NASA transferred this sensor to the Museum in 1973.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Inventory Number
- A19790637000
- Manufacturer
- Barnes Engineering
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Electronics
- Materials
- Housing: Aluminum
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6 in. long x 3 1/2 in. diameter (15.24 x 8.89cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Human Spaceflight
- Record ID
- nasm_A19790637000
