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UPWARD was the code name, within the National Reconnaissance Office's Byeman Control System, for assistance given to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during Project Apollo.[1][2][3] The system would have flown a KH-7 GAMBIT camera into Earth orbit, for transport to the moon to perform mapping surveys.[1]

According to the NRO/NASA agreement, lunar photography could be sanitized by eliminating camera scale factors. The project had the unclassified name of Lunar Mapping and Survey System (LM&SS) in NASA channels.[1]

The success of both Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor negated the use of the LM&SS system. No system ever flew in space.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c National Reconnaissance Office: "Memorandum by DNRO Flax to Dep SECDEF, 6 Jul 1967: National Recon Program (NRP) Issues and Pending Decisions."
  2. ^ Day, Dwayne, "Black Apollo," The Space Review, 29 Nov 2010.
  3. ^ Day, Dwayne,: "Apollo: secrets and whispers," The Space Review, 6 Dec 2010.


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