The Manned Space Flight Network


 

Apollo 14 groundtrack map

The Manned Space Flight Network – TLI groundtrack map from Apollo 14.
Click for a larger (1MB) version.

Click here for a 150dpi (3.4MB) version. (Larger, corrected, scans on the way.)

Bryan Sullivan preserved this map which was in the Honeysuckle Creek Operations Room.

Note the terrain masks around each station – indicating the range at which a spacecraft in a 100 nautical mile orbit could be tracked. These terrain masks give a good idea of the terrain around each station. These also demonstrate the need for the tracking ships and the ARIA fleet during TLI and Re-entry. (The ARIA are not indicated on this map.)

Scan: Colin Mackellar.


Apollo 11 groundtrack map

The Manned Space Flight Network – TLI groundtrack map from Apollo 11.
Click for a larger (1.5MB) version.

With thanks to Bob Fish of the USS Hornet Museum, who kindly scanned this map.


The MSFN map

The Manned Space Flight Network – map from the Apollo 11 Press Kit. Click for a larger version.

 


Information on the MSFN Network to come here.



Tom Sheehan