BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20230519T211627Z UID:80E159FD-893A-488E-871D-EEF457710FD0 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230516T203000 DESCRIPTION:GAMBIT Satellite - Panel Discussion\n\nImagine building a camer a with early 1960s technology to take photographs from 130 miles above the Earth\, moving over 18\,000 miles per hour\, and clear enough to see truc ks stored in a base. That’s just what the Research & Engineering divisio n (originally part of Kodak and now owned by L3Harris Technologies) did wh ile developing the camera optics for a highly classified reconnaissance sa tellite project called Gambit-1.\n\nGambit was one of a series of top-secr et satellites whose mission was to photograph Soviet military and industri al capabilities from orbit. Between 1963 and 1967\, Gambit-1 flew 38 missi ons and consistently returned high resolution photographs to Earth. This a llowed US National Security a view of the Soviet Union and other areas of potential hostile activity that were previously inaccessible without inter national incident. The Research & Engineering division developed the satel lite’s 77-inch focal length camera\, which provided resolution of about 2-3ft\, as well as the film transport system. Once exposed\, the special f ilm was ejected from the satellite in the film return capsule\, which then fell through the atmosphere to be recovered mid-air by specially equipped USAF planes and flown to Rochester for processing.\n\nThe Gambit optical system designed and developed by these Rochester men and women was partial ly declassified in 2011 and is now on long-term loan to the RMSC by the Na tional Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Visitors can see the new display in th e Strasenburgh Planetarium lobby.\n\nSpeaker(s): Bob\, David\, Jim\, Barry \n\nAgenda: \nTime (EDT) Description Venue\n\n5:30 PM\n\n‒\n\n6:30 PM\nR ochester IEEE SectionDessert Reception BauschAuditorium Lobby\n\n6:30 PM\n \n‒\n\n7:30 PM\nGAMBIT SatellitePanel Discussion BauschAuditorium\n\n7:3 0 PM\n\n‒\n\n8:00 PM\nGAMBIT SatelliteExhibition StrasenburghPlanetarium Lobby\n\nRoom: Bausch Auditorium\, Bldg: Rochester Museum and Science Cen ter\, 657 East Avenue\, Rochester\, New York\, United States\, 14607 LOCATION:Room: Bausch Auditorium\, Bldg: Rochester Museum and Science Cente r\, 657 East Avenue\, Rochester\, New York\, United States\, 14607 ORGANIZER:Kelly.Robinson@ElectrostaticAnswers.com SEQUENCE:22 SUMMARY:Celebrate Rochester Area Contributions to Space Technology! URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/355313 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>GAMBIT Satellite - Panel Discussio n</strong></p>\n<p>Imagine building a camera with early 1960s technology t o take photographs from 130 miles above the Earth\, moving over 18\,000 mi les per hour\, and clear enough to see trucks stored in a base. That&rsquo \;s just what the Research &amp\; Engineering division (originally part of Kodak and now owned by L3Harris Technologies) did while developing the ca mera optics for a highly classified reconnaissance satellite project calle d Gambit-1.</p>\n<p>Gambit was one of a series of top-secret satellites wh ose mission was to photograph Soviet military and industrial capabilities from orbit. Between 1963 and 1967\, Gambit-1 flew 38 missions and consiste ntly returned high resolution photographs to Earth. This allowed US Nation al Security a view of the Soviet Union and other areas of potential hostil e activity that were previously inaccessible without international inciden t. The Research &amp\; Engineering division developed the satellite&rsquo\ ;s 77-inch focal length camera\, which provided resolution of about 2-3ft\ , as well as the film transport system. Once exposed\, the special film wa s ejected from the satellite in the film return capsule\, which then fell through the atmosphere to be recovered mid-air by specially equipped USAF planes and flown to Rochester for processing.</p>\n<p>The Gambit optical s ystem designed and developed by these Rochester men and women was partiall y declassified in 2011 and is now on long-term loan to the RMSC by the Nat ional Reconnaissance Office (NRO). Visitors can see the new display in the Strasenburgh Planetarium lobby.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><table>\n<tb ody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan="3"><center>Time (EDT)</center></td>\n<td><center> Description</center></td>\n<td><center>Venue</center></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n< td>&nbsp\;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>5:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>‒</p >\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>6:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td><center>Rochester IEEE Section< /center><center>Dessert Reception</center></td>\n<td><center>Bausch</cente r><center>Auditorium Lobby</center></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp\;</td>\n< /tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>6:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>‒</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p >7:30 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td><center>GAMBIT Satellite</center><center>Panel Di scussion</center></td>\n<td><center>Bausch</center><center>Auditorium</cen ter></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp\;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>7:30 PM</p >\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>‒</p>\n</td>\n<td>\n<p>8:00 PM</p>\n</td>\n<td><cente r>GAMBIT Satellite</center><center>Exhibition</center></td>\n<td><center>S trasenburgh</center><center>Planetarium Lobby</center></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n <td>&nbsp\;</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp\;</td>\n<td>&nbsp\;</td>\n<td>&nb sp\;</td>\n<td>&nbsp\;</td>\n<td>&nbsp\;</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR