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evelueting stress at c r f z l c a l xcfien'r;s of flight and Ceter-
minr;nz v i b r a t i o n and Sending values *
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A t o t a l . of about 610 channels ~f L-nformation w i l l be tele-

me'ie?ea f r o n the S a t G m vehicle Urmediateely prior t o azd Curins this
flight.
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T-130 Xemove l a s t service structure pla-cfoyrn

"-2.26 to T-75 Remove service stbuc'cure
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T-80 to 570 Clear lzunch pzd area
y-65 Secure launch c~ntrolc e n t e r
"-60 t o T-30 Coqlete loading liquid oxygen (replenish to l i r ' t - o f f
T-50 Pressurize various gneumatic systems
T-5 :14:. Fis?ing caimiid! ar,d a u t o m a t i c sequence
T-0 :25 R e t r a c t long c s b l e booz
T-0 Ignition
Phi;. engFnes are lgnited io- p a i r s -- each -pair sbou'c a CldLth &-%a

o f 2 secor-d after the p r e v i o u s y i u . , AfJcer P g n i t i o n t h e r~cke';;i s

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ha16 on ~ ' c sl s u n c h i n g pedestal u n t i l pu.oger corc?ms'i;ion is achieved
,' , L x all enzines. The hold-domi pe-liod n o m a l l y will n o t exceed
d" four seconds.
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The f i r s t t e n S a t u r n P l i & t b o o s t e r s & r e bei2g prociuced at 3S??C.

L a t e r o m s will b e prochced. b y a concractor now in process of Selec-Liioi?
at NASA: s large r o c k e t asse;:iQr . p l a n t bt?fng estcblished at t h e Hichoxd .
Crdnence Plant, New Orleans, .-2.
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CONTROL

S r t ~ i r nw i l l G S a~l l - i n e r t i e i gsiC.ar;ce e r!lor+e ~ & m n c e d lardr/!are

b e intTod-ccad ii?i;o t h e system as t h e g d i C a n c e n i s s i o i z s becorn2 more
delmandilz~:. CSjec'c of the guiS?ar,ce schene i s 'm p r o v i d e a u f i i v e r s a l
system t k a k is capable of p e r f o m i f i g a vzrd.ty of mLssLon requirements
p i a c e d on t h e v e h i c l e 'GO meet p a y l c ; ~ do b j e c t i v e s , This universzd.
rruidance concept w i l l allow a v a r i e t y of pequixwxents w i t h ii. miiziwm Or'
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cnanzes 0

Iieert of the 2 i n a i guidance scheme is a high-speed dlgital c o n p u x r

inco-por+atins advanced techniques of & s i p ar-d packzging and capable 02
ncecing S a ' c u x 1 s high r e l i a b i l i t y s t ~ n c k r d sand d i f f i c t l l t n l s s i o n s in

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a c r e s 2o-r this expansion which c o v e r s lands n o r t h and wzst of
p r e s e n t C;pe f a c i l i t i e s .
The p l a m e d complexes w S l l be a base fo-r maaned l u n s r
;'lights and o t h e r m i s s i o n s requiring zdvanced SctuFn and Xova-
c l a s s boos-Lex.

Service S t r u c ' c ~ l r e-- Tke s e w i c e structu~qis 310 f e e t tall,

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cen-Ler opening;, i n which t h e rocket i s s i t u a t e d d u r i n g checkout,
is 56 f e e t wide.
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l pedestel is l o c a t ~ din the center or" tne
laiinch ped. it is 4.2 feet ~ q u a eagd 27 Z e e t high. The
>=,c-destzlfoundatiiol? contzins 43400 cuSic y a r e 3 o f c o n c r e t e 2nd
$30 tons of' s t e e l . I t s d e p t h v a r i e s fY.oiX eight f e e t zt t h e
center t o f'0U.i. Tee'; zt the edges.
Bolted to a E L ~ I ~a t t h e t o p of t h e p e d e s t a l are e i g h t a:ei?~s,
F ~ u r2 ~ s~ q3q o r t a r m m d t h e c'cher r o w S o z h suppoz+t the r o c k e t
2nd r e s t r a i n it fron 1ir"toTi' uxtil t h e p r o p e r b u m k g c o n d i t F o n
h a s beer. achieved by a l l e i g h t Saturn engines.
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feet Prcrn zhe edge o f thz pad on ;he beach sLde. Tkis v z t is
u s e a to collect ?-del which-might be spilled on t h e p d , t h u s
preventifiz it from e n t e r i n g i - j ~ ~ ; - i zCape
al ci+aina?e car,als.
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