A silicon vidicon camera was designed, built, and tested to determine its potential for use aboard future Mariner spacecraft. Slow scan operation is made possible by cooling the vidicon to -40 C. Cooling is achieved by a simple thermal condition path between the vidicon and a radiator mounted on top of the camera head. The camera was successfully operated under simulated space flight conditions and has survived vibration designed to simulate the launch of a Mariner spacecraft. A description of the camera and its operation along with the results of the testing is presented.


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    Title :

    A silicon vidicon camera for slow scan operation


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    1973-07-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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