SMC — Spacecraft Monitoring Camera
Tsd-space
Very compact deep-space CMOS monitoring camera developed for ESA's HERA mission.
Technical specifications
- Mass
- ~900 g including optical system
- Volume
- ~1U
- Image sensor
- 4 MP, selectable ROI 1600x1600px or 1600x1200px
- Frame rate
- up to 10 fps
- Spectral range
- 400–750 nm (visible), B/W and RGB versions
- Pixel rate
- up to 40 Mpx/s
- Mass memory
- 2x 32 Gbit NAND Flash (nominal + redundant)
- FPGA
- Rad-tolerant Microchip ACTEL ProAsic3
- Compression factor
- 4÷100
- Power consumption
- <5 W @28 VDC
- Radiation tolerance
- TID >20 Krads; SEE >= 30 MeV/mg/cm2
About
Very compact (~1U, ~900g including optical system) and high-performance CMOS camera specifically designed by TSD-Space for deep space applications in the context of the ESA HERA mission. It features a 4MP image sensor with a selectable ROI between 1600x1600px and 1600x1200px, operating at up to 10 fps in the visible range (400-750 nm), with B/W and RGB versions available, for a total pixel rate of up to 40Mpx/s. The camera is equipped with 2x32Gbit NAND Flash devices (nominal and redundant), along with a rad-tolerant Microchip ACTEL ProAsic3 FPGA achieving compression factors in the range 4÷100, while requiring very low power (<5W @28VDC). Launched aboard the HERA spacecraft in October 2024.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
