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Mars Colour Camera: the payload characterization/calibration and data analysis from Earth imaging phase


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1 Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
2 Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015
 

Mars Colour Camera (MCC) on-board Mars Orbiter Mission is considered the ‘eye’ of the mission, taking photographs (imageries) of the surfacial features on Mars, and the cloud and dust around it. MCC is an important contextual camera for other non-imaging sensors like MSM, TIS, LAP, etc. The camera has been designed, characterized, calibrated and qualified at the Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad by a team of professional engineers and scientists. It has been miniaturized, ruggedized and space-qualified to match the weight and power budget of the mission. During Earth orbit phase, the images returned by the camera have been analysed qualitatively and quantitatively. The results show that MCC has been working as expected in terms of radiometry, geometry and application potential to discern various morphological features. The present article discusses these facts in detail.

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Detector, Earth imaging phase, payload, Mars colour camera.
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Authors

A. S. Arya
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
S. S. Sarkar
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
A. R. Srinivas
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
S. Manthira Moorthi
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Vishnukumar D. Patel
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Rimjhim B. Singh
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
R. P. Rajasekhar
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Sampa Roy
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Indranil Misra
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Sukamal Kr. Paul
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Dhrupesh Shah
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015
Kamlesh Patel
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Rajdeep K. Gambhir
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
U. S. H. Rao
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Amul Patel
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Jalshri Desai
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Rahul Dev
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Ajay K. Prashar
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Hiren Rambhia
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Ranjan Parnami
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Harish Seth
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
K. R. Murali
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Rishi Kaushik
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Deepak Patidar
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Nilesh Soni
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
Prakash Chauhan
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
D. R. M. Samudraiah
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India
A. S. Kiran Kumar
Space Applications Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, Ahmedabad 380 015, India

Abstract


Mars Colour Camera (MCC) on-board Mars Orbiter Mission is considered the ‘eye’ of the mission, taking photographs (imageries) of the surfacial features on Mars, and the cloud and dust around it. MCC is an important contextual camera for other non-imaging sensors like MSM, TIS, LAP, etc. The camera has been designed, characterized, calibrated and qualified at the Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad by a team of professional engineers and scientists. It has been miniaturized, ruggedized and space-qualified to match the weight and power budget of the mission. During Earth orbit phase, the images returned by the camera have been analysed qualitatively and quantitatively. The results show that MCC has been working as expected in terms of radiometry, geometry and application potential to discern various morphological features. The present article discusses these facts in detail.

Keywords


Detector, Earth imaging phase, payload, Mars colour camera.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv109%2Fi6%2F1076-1086