High performances Micro Cameras of the Mars Express Lander

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Apr 2003

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EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly, Abstracts from the meeting held in Nice, France, 6 - 11 April 2003, abstract #14329

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The lander Beagle 2 of ESA Mars Express mission, to be launched in June 2003, will be the smallest, most heavily instrumented soft landing spacecraft ever produced. A few days before Christmas 2003, Beagle2 will spin off from MarsExpress orbiter and will head to the surface. There it will remotely analyse sub-surface soil, rock interior and atmospheric samples to address the question: is there, or was there, life on Mars? SPACE-X is part of the scientific team and has delivered two digital space micro-cameras with 48^o FOV optics to equip the Stereo Camera System and one with specific mechanical interface to realize the microscope. The micro-cameras combine high performances (all electronics included: converter, clock, memory, drivers, communication protocol, direct link to Beagle2 common electronics) with low power consumption. They are designed to support harsh environment conditions since they are able to stand 272g shock level for landing, can operate at -120^oC and resist to Mars 200^oC thermal stress without any thermal control. These very low mass powerful micro-cameras (85g including optics), issued of developments performed by SPACE-X for ESA Technology Research Program, allow extreme optimization for the benefit of the overall science return.

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