Apollo 11 launch image question

wrote:
My guess is a
sunlight reflection off the "Q-Ball" guidance section(door acess
panels or optics) on the LES.................Doc


I don't think there were any optics on the Apollo LES.

Pat

On Jun 17, 5:01*pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
wrote:
My guess is a
sunlight reflection off the "Q-Ball" guidance section(door acess
panels or optics) on the LES.................Doc

I don't think there were any optics on the Apollo LES.

Pat

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correct. (I was thinking horizon sensor) A quick check on Q-ball
shows that atop the LES there were numerous "openings" These openings
were for "air pressure probes" (although I do not know if they were
pito tubest per-se)mo that could sense any off-axis pressure
variation indicating off axis movement. None-the-less Q-Ball was a
busy place as far as angles and openings and shiny metal which could
reflect sun-light at odd angles back to the
camera.....................Doc

wrote:
You're
correct. (I was thinking horizon sensor) A quick check on Q-ball
shows that atop the LES there were numerous "openings" These openings
were for "air pressure probes"

There were also the two LES jettison motor nozzles and the
sideways-firing solid engine to push the capsule out of the path of the
booster if it was aborted located in that vicinity.

Pat