EMR Telemetry

EMR ("Electro-Mechanical Research") Telemetry was a division of Weston Instruments, Inc. based in Sarasota, Florida. EMR started in 1957 [cite web | title=Sarasota History Timeline | work=Web Site | publisher= Sarasota County, Florida | url=http://scg.co.sarasota.fl.us/Historical_resources/history/timeline3.asp | accessdate=2006-12-17] and was sold to several different companies throughout its existence. EMR has been owned or operated by companies such as Fairchild Camera and Instrument, Schlumberger LTD, Loral, Lockheed Martin. Currently, the Aviation Recorder Division of L-3 Communications [cite web | title=About (L-3) Aviation Recorders | work=Web Site | publisher= L-3 Communications | url=http://www.l-3ar.com/html/about_us.html | accessdate=2006-12-17] operates the Sarasota facility. EMR products included telemetry processing equipment and space-rated data transmission system, cockpit voice recorders (CVR) and flight data recorders (FDR).

EMR products have been used in many space projects such as Project Mercury [cite web | title= PROJECT MERCURY SUBCONTRACTORS AND VENDORS | work=Web Site | publisher= NASA | url=http://history.nasa.gov/SP-45/app.d.htm | accessdate=2006-12-17] , Project Gemini, Ranger 7 [cite web | title=Ranger VII, A Special Report | work= PDF | publisher= NASA | url=http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19680068371_1968068371.pdf | accessdate=2006-08-05] and the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 missions. EMR also worked on several classified projects and the X-20 Dyna-Soar [cite web | title=St. Petersburg Times - January 5, 1963| work= Newspaper | publisher= St. Petersburg Times | url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_v0KAAAAIBAJ&dq=electro-mechanical%20research%20inc&sjid=IlIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3649%2C1714094 | accessdate=2008-09-23] prior to the program's cancellation in 1963. "'

See also

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* [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-45/app.d.htm Project Mercury Summary]
* [http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4002/p1b.htm Project Gemini - Concept and Design]
* [http://history.nasa.gov/SP-349/app3.htm The Pioneer Jupiter Team]
* [http://www.l-3ar.com/ L-3 Communications Aviation Recorders]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?t=h&ie=UTF8&om=1&ll=27.333869,-82.451835&spn=0.003236,0.005676 Google Maps View of the old EMR facility]

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