The Viewpoint imaging satellite is a research grade observatory with multiple cameras and a full line of filters. Orbiting above the atmosphere, observations can be done down to 250 nm into the ultraviolet and done 24 hours a day.
Basic instrument data:
Viewpoint spacecraft capabilities:
Basic instrument data:
Viewpoint spacecraft capabilities:
- 20" (50 cm) diameter Zerodur main mirror
- Optical Design: F/7.6 Modified Dall Kirkham with overall 3.8 m focal length
- 152 megapixel monochrome camera, 0.17 arcsecond IFOV
- 37 megapixel UV / visible high sensitivity imager, 250nm to 900nm, 0.54 arcsec IFOV
- 150 band hyper-spectral imager (limited to 39 bands for the export version satellite), 470nm to 900nm
- 1.3 Mpixel InGaAs SWIR camera, 600nm to 1700nm, 1.3 arcsecond IFOV
- Globalstar radios for near real time command and control
- 24 color filter slots: 5 stripe multispectral Earth Observation filter, H alpha, H beta, O III, S II, N II, Sloan UGRI, Swift UVW1 UVW2 UVM2, polarizer, and grism.