More photos at the Madrid MSFN Station



With thanks to Luis Rojo at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex who found these Apollo-era photos taken at Fresnedillas –
and to Bill Wood who cleaned up the scans.

Larry Haug writes, “In looking at the pictures it appears that most of them were taken
during Skylab – especially in the Computer Area. A wall between that
room and the Telemetry room has been taken out.”

 

In front of the Fresnedillas antenna

A group poses in front of the 85' antenna in September 1972.

Left to right:
1. Col. John Chapman (or could it be Don Smith, head of Engineering for BFEC?)
2. Col. Robert Givens;
3. Mr. Joe del Riego;
4. Mel Glenn, JPL Representative;
5. Steve Stumpf (in background), NASA Assistant Station Director;
6. Chet Shaddeau, STDN Facility Manager;
7. Philip P. Dickinson;
8. Henry Schultz, NASA Representative in Spain;
9. Dr. Manuel Bautista, INTA Director;
10. Col. Thomas M. O’Horn;
11. US Congressman Happy Camp;
12. Mrs Vera Camp;
13. (This person has been identified as US Congressman Clarence E. Miller, though I do not believe it is);
14. Dr. Luis Ruiz de Gopegui, INTA Station Director;
15. William G. Wells.

With thanks to David Arbesu and Larry Haug for help with the names.


Antenna servo console: Lenny Parker at left. In the centre is Nick Polizos, part of the visiting GSFC Sim team – photo likely taken in 1967.


servo console

Antenna servo console.


1218 computer

Univac 1218 computer: Angel Ruiz Plou


Telemetry area

Equipment: Telemetry Console, MSFTP 2 Decom, EKG Strip Chart Recorder, Psk’s Demodulators, Fm/Fm discriminators.

People:  Victor Werbitzky, Antonio Artigas, Jose Vazquez, Daniel Chamorro, Santiago Ochoa, other.


PAM - TLM area

Equipment: Pam FM

Personnel: Right to left: Dick Carnwright, Fred Wages, Other.


SDDS in 1973

Equipment: SDDS. Taken in 1973.


Decomm

Equipment: MSFTP 2 Telemetry Decom.  People: Victor Wervitzky


Equipment: Msftp 2 Telemetry Decom. People: Luis F. Rojo


Computer area

Equipment: 642-b, 1218, 1299 switches, msftp 2, telemetry console. 

People: Juan de la Fuente, Antonio Segura, José Manuel Grandela, Javier Jaureguialzo, Antonio Marban, Pepé Castellanos, Jose Luis Garcia Delgado, Fernando Aragón


Equipment: 642-b, 1218, 1299 switches, msftp 2, telemetry console.

People: Juan de la Fuente, Antonio Segura, José Manuel Grandela, Javier Jaureguialzo, Antonio Marban, Pepé Castellanos, Jose Luis Garcia Delgado

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