Mars2020 landing cameras |
Mars2020 landing cameras |
Jun 15 2016, 10:19 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 7-January 13 Member No.: 6834 |
I am so enthusiastic about the (proposed) Mars2020 camera suite during EDL, as presented today at IPPW:
- 3 PointGrey Chameleon 3 that will be on the skycrane and look up, to monitor parachute deployment at 150 fps. - 1 GoPro Hero 4 on the skycrane, looking down to monitor the rover descent and landing - 1 GoPro Hero 4 on the rover, looking up to monitor the skycrane and fly-away - 1 GoPro Hero 4 on the rover, looking down like MARDI did on Curiosity - MARDI, of course. All GoPro have microphone that will be activated, and have been tested successfully in the proper thermal and radiative environment. We should have some awsome footage if it actually flies. |
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Jun 16 2016, 08:48 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 22 Joined: 7-January 13 Member No.: 6834 |
One of the main issues is to decouple the GoPros from the spacecraft onboard software to avoid any pollution in case of firmware crash. The validation of GoPro's firmware is very far from those of space software. If the interface is still USB (not native at all in space hardware), one can imagine there will be a dedicated hardware to ensure the proper interface and soft safety. Not a small business.
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