Carnarvon
Tracking Station – Apollo
Wing, June 1967.
Photos
by Alan Gilham
Receivers and Ranging.
Left to right: Frank Vinton (standing), Paul Dench (arms at the back
of his neck), Dave Brooks (partially hidden by Paul) and Leo Overington
(with leg in air).
Receivers.
Tom Lysaght at left.
USB area receivers.
Receivers and servo area.
Tracking Data Processor.
Panorama of the USB area.
Tracking Data Processor and Antenna Position Programmer.
USB console with Geoff Broom and Ben Ryan being busy.
The Command Room for the CapCom.
Tracking Data Processor and Antenna Position Programmer.
Antenna Position Programmer.
The Rubidium clock output places the date as 11th June 1967 the
UT was 12.21. I think it was a simulation exercise.
Alan later wrote:
Mariner 5 launch was on the 14th June 1967 so I am presuming that
the activity was a simulation for the actual launch.
Ranging.
USB area.
USB area.
With grateful thanks to Alan Gilham
for the photographs.