Cute-1.7 + APD - Sub Systems

camera Subsystem

Cute-1.7 + APD has a still camera to take pictures of the Earth from space. This subsystem offers verification data to other subsystems, for example verification of attitude estimation, tether deployment.

mission

Take pictures in orbit
Take pictures of the Earth
To verifying attitude estimation algorithm data in comparison with camera data for ADCS
and some help for other missions

cmos imaging sensor

1/3inch, CMOS camera module, progressive scan
Very low power consumption for use of cell-phone
Angle of View: 58 degrees, Depth of Field: 120cm - INF, F: 2.8
Control: I2C I/F
Data type: UYVY 8bit

system block diagram

Camera System Block Diagram
Picture data taken by camera formatted to UYVY are stored in FIFO, and the Micro-controller retrieve this Data. Data are transfered by USB bus to PDA and then compressed to JPG by PDA processing.

Cute-1.7 + APD II Project - Sub Systems > Camera -

Small Satellite Program (SSP)

Laboratory for Space Systems (LSS), Tokyo Institute of Technology

camera Subsystem

mission

cmos imaging sensor

system block diagram