Instrument Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:metriccam.a15c::1.0
NAME APOLLO 15 METRIC (MAPPING) CAMERA
TYPE IMAGER
DESCRIPTION 
The Apollo 15 Metric (Mapping) Camera obtained high-quality metric photographs, on black and white film, with high geometric precision of the lunar surface from lunar orbit combined with time-correlated stellar photography for selenodetic/cartographic control. A laser altimeter was operated with it. The Metric Camera also provided supporting photographic data for the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) Panoramic Camera and other Command Service Module (CSM) photographic experiments. The Apollo 15 metric camera took 3375 frames, some of which were taken over unlighted terrain in support of the laser altimeter.
MODEL IDENTIFIER
NAIF INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIER -915240
SERIAL NUMBER not applicable
REFERENCES Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-289, 546 pages, published by NASA, Washington, D.C., 1972.

Apollo Scientific Experiments Data Handbook, NASA Technical Memorandum X-58131, JSC-09166, published by NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, Aug. 1974.

Cameron, W.S., E.J. Mantel, and E.R. Miller, Catalog of Lunar Mission Data, NASA Technical Memorandum X-72612, NSSDC 77-02, published by NASA Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), Greenbelt, Maryland, July 1977.

Cameron, W.S., and M.A. Niksch, Data User's Note - Apollo 15 Lunar Photography, NASA Technical Memorandum X-68910, NSSDC 72-07, published by NASA Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), Greenbelt, Maryland, December, 1972.