Released Friday; NASA's Johnston Space Center (JSC) has a requirement for a high frame rate, large-format Charge Coupled Device (CCD) camera system which will be used as the detector on a one meter diameter telescope to be located on Legan, an island in the Kwajalein Atoll located in the western pacific. JSC intends to purchase the items from Spectral Instruments because the firm specializes in the development and manufacture of CCD cameras. The firm has access to the newest E2V chips that meets NASA's imaging requirement and their SI 1100 Series camera head is the only regular production unit with a foot print (form factor) large enough to accept the 4K E2V CCD. Lastly, the firm is highly experienced in cryo-cooled cameras, which do not require human interaction or maintenance to maintain low background noise. Keith Stein Launchspace http://www.launchspace.com kstein@erols.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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