{"id":24317,"date":"2017-01-09T14:01:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T13:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/?p=24317"},"modified":"2017-01-05T11:40:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T10:40:08","slug":"teledyne-dalsas-high-resolution-image-detectors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.expo21xx.com\/news\/teledyne-dalsas-high-resolution-image-detectors\/","title":{"rendered":"Teledyne DALSA’s high resolution image detectors utilised in the OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PolyCam (center), MapCam (left), and SamCam (right) make up the OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite, responsible for most of the visible light images that will be taken by the spacecraft.
Photo by University of Arizona\/Symeon Platts<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n

Teledyne DALSA, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance custom imaging solutions has partnered with the University of Arizona in the development of three high resolution image detectors that serve as \u201cretinas\u201d for the OSIRIS-REx mission to Bennu, launched Thursday, September 8.<\/p>\n

Designed, constructed and tested over the last four years, the image sensors aboard OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite (OCAMS) will behave in a manner similar to human eyes, from spotting the target asteroid from more than a million miles away to monitoring the sampling process just 10 feet from the surface of the asteroid. Space-qualified and radiation-hardened, the Teledyne DALSA CCD detectors feature very low dark signal with a low read out noise, and power each of the 3 cameras that comprise the OCAMS:<\/p>\n