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0.5m High Resolution Space Camera

0.5m High Resolution Space Camera is a compact, high-performance optical payload designed to enable high-resolution Earth observation missions on small satellite platforms. Built for operators seeking to maximize imaging capability within constrained size, weight, and power envelopes, LEOCAM delivers sub-meter-class imagery from low Earth orbit, supporting commercial mapping, monitoring, and geospatial data services.


Operating from low Earth orbits, LEOCAM combines a long focal-length telescope with a high-performance imaging chain to achieve sub-meter ground sampling distance, enabling detailed observation of terrestrial features from orbit. Its design emphasizes image quality, thermal stability, and reliable in-orbit performance, providing imagery suitable for mapping, monitoring, and advanced analytical applications.

At the core of LEOCAM is a diffraction-limited Three-Mirror Anastigmat (TMA) telescope with a 2,500 mm focal length and a 220 mm aperture, optimized for visible-band operation. The fully reflective optical assembly is polished to high surface quality and incorporates a passively athermalized design to maintain performance across orbital thermal variations. LEOCAM is paired with a high-speed Time Delay Integration (TDI) image sensor synchronized with the satellite’s orbital motion, delivering high signal-to-noise imagery. An onboard, space-ruggedized

computer handles sensor control, data storage of up to 1 TB, and interfaces with the satellite bus for telemetry and command. The system has undergone extensive environmental testing to validate survivability during launch and on-orbit operation.
LEOCAM’s design is also well-suited for deployable configurations, allowing the payload to be stowed compactly during launch and deployed once in orbit. A novel deployment mechanism has been designed to preserve optical alignment and focus even after exposure to launch loads. This active deployment approach enables either a more compact payload—reducing launch costs—or enhanced optical performance, such as larger apertures or mirrors, within the same small-satellite envelope.
  • Sub-meter Earth observation capability from low Earth orbit (0.5 m at 250 km)
  • Diffraction-limited TMA optics optimized for visible-band imaging
  • TDI-based imaging delivering high SNR through orbital motion synchronization
Flight-ready, space-ruggedized design validated for launch and orbital environments

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