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Contraves EOTS
Cinetheodolite
Electro
Optical Tracking System Telescope
Model EOTS
History of the cinetheodolite:
The
Contraves EOTS replaced the Askania Tracking System that was used from
the late 1950s to 29 January 1973. At that time, the Contraves system
became operational in both mobile and fixed location configurations.
This cinetheodolite was located at one of the many optical
instrumentation sites at White Sands Missile Range, and was used to
record valuable data during performance testing of missiles, aircraft,
and other experimental weapon systems. These fixed cinetheodolites were
retired in 1992 to make way for the new Kineto Tracking Mount System.
MISSIONS
SUPPORTED
The company that presently services
this type of equipment has confirmed that the unit will operate on
110VAC, 30 amps (household current) and that they can easily configure
the unit to operate solely as an electrically driven cinetheodolite,
without the features of data collection as originally designed, if that
is the intended use. We will not disconnect or reconfigure the
electrical, in the event the buyer would want to access the full range
of capabilities.
If this telescope were going to be
put back into service and used by an agency for its originally designed
purpose, it would need the mainframe computer to link up with and
control power box which is not a part of this unit. The precision gears
in this unit produce an accuracy to 3 arc seconds, which is not
achievable with current instruments (7 arc seconds is about as accurate
as instruments of this nature are built today, per the rep). There is
virtually no slack or tolerance in this instrument.
$75,000
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