PROBA-2 Exploration Camera
MCSE has developed a Digital Space Micro-Camera and electronics for the PROBA-2 Mission of the European Space Agency
ESA Mission
Launch: 2 November 2009
Orbit: LEO Sun-synchronous
Altitude: 725 km
Spacecraft mass: 127 kg
Technology demonstrations
Science payload for solar observation and plasma measurement
The X-CAM is a powerful micro-camera with advanced features, equipped with wide-angle optics.
The instrument features are :
- Field of view: 100°
- 16 bits A/D conversion
- Embedded lossless image compression
- Autoexposure capability
- Multiple images storage capacity
- Local temperature measurement
- 10 Mbits/s data rate
- Power consumption: 1.8 W
- Camera mass with bracket: 221 g
- Dedicated electronics for data handling and power management