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AS-202 CIF Access Pass
AS-202 CIF Access Pass
Acquired from E-Bay Seller
Acquired from E-Bay Seller
Date Acquired 22nd February 2025
Date Acquired 22nd February 2025
Collection number TSM-247
Collection number TSM-247
The Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) was a building in the Kennedy Space Center industrial area that functioned as the core of instrumentation and data processing operations during the Apollo program and the early years of the Space Shuttle program.
The Central Instrumentation Facility (CIF) was a building in the Kennedy Space Center industrial area that functioned as the core of instrumentation and data processing operations during the Apollo program and the early years of the Space Shuttle program.
Jonathon Ward the author of The Rocket Ranch (Link to a description of the Book) kindly provided an explanation of the function of Room 307, accompanied by a couple of images .
Jonathon Ward the author of The Rocket Ranch (Link to a description of the Book) kindly provided an explanation of the function of Room 307, accompanied by a couple of images .
Room 307 was the Data Presentation and Evaluation Room. Great badge! From my book Rocket Ranch: Dozens of engineers monitored overall tests and launch countdowns from the data presentation and evaluation room (rm. 307), one of the largest rooms in the CIF. Tharpe described rm. 307's role as a backup for the firing rooms during launch: “The Germans were great about having backup systems. In the event that something was to go wrong with the systems in the Launch Control Center, we had hardline capability from the CIF to the launch vehicle to the LCC back to the CIF. So those consoles were just as active, and they could be interactive on a command if something was to happen in the LCC. We had systems engineers and folks sitting in rm. 307, and it was the backup to run the booster.” During overall tests, the Saturn’s systems status was telemetered over hardline to the CIF for monitoring. Data relayed over radio from the spacecraft went to the Eastern Test Range and from there to the ACE rooms in the MSOB.
Room 307 was the Data Presentation and Evaluation Room. Great badge! From my book Rocket Ranch: Dozens of engineers monitored overall tests and launch countdowns from the data presentation and evaluation room (rm. 307), one of the largest rooms in the CIF. Tharpe described rm. 307's role as a backup for the firing rooms during launch: “The Germans were great about having backup systems. In the event that something was to go wrong with the systems in the Launch Control Center, we had hardline capability from the CIF to the launch vehicle to the LCC back to the CIF. So those consoles were just as active, and they could be interactive on a command if something was to happen in the LCC. We had systems engineers and folks sitting in rm. 307, and it was the backup to run the booster.” During overall tests, the Saturn’s systems status was telemetered over hardline to the CIF for monitoring. Data relayed over radio from the spacecraft went to the Eastern Test Range and from there to the ACE rooms in the MSOB.
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