Optical Payloads: Space Camera and Imaging Systems
Arquimea
Modular, flight-proven single-camera and multi-camera digital video systems for space imaging covering visible SD to 4K, LWIR, SWIR, VNIR, MWIR, multispectral, and hyperspectral configurations, with over 75 successful missions.
Technical specifications
- Single Camera — spectral options
- Visible SD/Full HD/4K, LWIR, SWIR, VNIR, Cooled MWIR, multispectral, hyperspectral, Star Tracker
- Multi-Camera DVS — camera count
- 8 or more cameras per unit
- Host interfaces
- MIL-STD-1553B (CMD & TLM), LVDS, RS422, UART
- Processing
- Optional sandbox with customer algorithms (AI-driven apps supported)
- Cameras launched to date
- >500
- Successful missions
- >75
- Reference missions
- Space Shuttle, ISS, Artemis, LEO/MEO/GEO/cislunar/lunar
About
ARQUIMEA provides imaging and camera acquisition and processing systems for space through its partnership with Ecliptic, a space avionics and sensor company in Pasadena, CA, with over 20 years of flight heritage. The product line is based on a modular or slice-based architecture that enables reuse of proven, flight-heritage modules with interchangeable configurations of sensors, host interfaces, and processing features.
The Single Camera Video System can be configured to cover a wide range of imaging spectra: visible (SD, Full HD, 4K), Long-Wave Infrared (LWIR), Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR), Visible Near-Infrared (VNIR), Cooled Mid-Wave Infrared (MWIR), multispectral, hyperspectral, spectrometers, and Star Tracker modes. The Multi-Camera Digital Video System (DVS) supports 8 or more cameras in a single solution, with an optional sandbox for customer-specific processing algorithms (including AI-driven applications).
All systems are space-qualified and have participated in reference missions including the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, Artemis (NASA’s crewed lunar return program), and a wide range of orbital missions. More than 500 cameras have been launched across over 75 successful missions.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
