Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation

RocketCam™ Digital Video System (DVS)● Interfaces for up to 16 sensors ● One to four simultaneous video streams ● Stored and event-driven sequencing ● Various compression options ● Various output data formats

High-definition cameras. To meet higher resolution imaging requirements, highdefinition video cameras using 1 Megapixel+ sensors are employed. Tailored control and datatransport electronics allow the user to manipulate frame rate, compression level and data buffering to match available data throughput and downlink constraints.

RocketCam™ Analog Video System (AVS)● Designed for simplicity and minimum footprint ● Integrated camera, battery pack, analog transmitter and control circuitry ● Various configuration options

High-speed cameras. High-speed video cameras are used to capture critical, short-lived events such as rocket staging, fairing separation, payload separation, parachute deployments and other important mechanical operations. Frames rates as high as 200 framessec are supported, with appropriate data buffering and formatting.

Illuminators. When additional light is needed to capture the desired scene, LED illuminators are integrated with the cameras above, or mounted separately off-axis from the camera FOV. LED technology is rugged, power-efficient and easily scalable to provide a range of light intensities.

Sensor assemblies. When multiple sensors are required on a given platform, they can be integrated together and co-boresighted or otherwise aligned with respect to each other. Common control and datahandling electronics are employed to simplify operation of the sensor cluster.

Pod-mounted cameras. Externally-mounted NTSC and PAL color video cameras in pods or fairings are used to image rockets during ascent, providing video of engine plumes and the receding Earth, along with stage and fairing separation and spacecraft deployment events, while obtaining valuable engineering confirmation of vehicle dynamics and status.

Stand-alone cameras. These miniature, ruggedized NTSC and PAL color video cameras image dynamic events in harsh environments from onboard rockets, spacecraft and other remote platforms. This internally-mounted model is used to obtain video of separations and deployments from the launch vehicle, and to provide ongoing confirmation of spacecraft deployments and status from orbit. These cameras perform well even with the Sun in the FOV, providing fast response to step changes in illumination.

LWIR cameras. Similar to the NTSC and PAL cameras above, miniature uncooled LWIR video cameras capture key scenes and events in the 8 to 12 micron wavelength band. Such coverage is useful for understanding thermal and radiometric data including plume phenomenology, separation events, chuff tracks and other dynamic phenomena. These cameras can be mounted in simple brackets or inside protective fairings.

“GEOCam”. To accommodate the rigors of the higher space-radiation environment of GEO orbits, NTSC, PAL or high-definition cameras and their control electronics are integrated into a thicker aluminum housing. This “GEOCam” system provides a digital video stream at variable frame rates and compression levels to match just about any host platform’s downlink bandwidth capability. The HD design includes digital zoom and windowing capability.