Terrain Mapping Camera-2 onboard Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter

The paper presents the design and development of Terrain Mapping Camera-2 (TMC-2) for Chandrayaan-2 including science objectives; system and sub-system configuration along with the realized performance of the camera; payload characterization; aspects related to data products, etc. TMC-2, onboard Cha...

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Published inCurrent science (Bangalore) Vol. 118; no. 4; pp. 566 - 572
Main Authors Chowdhury, Arup Roy, Patel, Vishnukumar D., Joshi, S. R., Arya, A. S., Kumar, Ankush, Paul, Sukamal, Shah, Dhrupesh, Soni, Pradeep, Karelia, J. C., Sampat, Minal, Sharma, Satish, Somani, Sandip, Bhagat, H. V., Sharma, Jitendra, Amitabh, Suresh, K., Rajasekhar, R. P., Bokarwadia, B. B., Kumar, Mukesh, Ghonia, D. N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Current Science Association 25.02.2020
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Summary:The paper presents the design and development of Terrain Mapping Camera-2 (TMC-2) for Chandrayaan-2 including science objectives; system and sub-system configuration along with the realized performance of the camera; payload characterization; aspects related to data products, etc. TMC-2, onboard Chandrayaan-2 orbiter-craft is a follow-on of the Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC) onboard Chandrayaan-1. It operates in visible panchromatic band. It comprises three identical electro-optical chains aligned for three views (−25, 0 and +25 degree) along track direction for generation of stereo images. It provides data with 5 m horizontal ground sampling distance to generate digital elevation model. TMC-2 based on the new configuration and sub-system designs has reduction in mass and power by more than 40% compared to TMC, without compromising the performance.
ISSN:0011-3891
DOI:10.18520/cs/v118/i4/566-572