Evaluation Of The Electronic Solid-State Wide Angle Camera System (ESSWACS)

Mike Poore; James Rachel

doi:10.1117/12.957195

1 August 1979 Evaluation Of The Electronic Solid-State Wide Angle Camera System (ESSWACS)

Mike Poore, James Rachel

Proceedings Volume 0175, Airborne Reconnaissance IV; (1979) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957195
Event: Technical Symposium East, 1979, Washington, D.C., United States

Abstract

The Electronic Solid State Wide Angle Camera System (ESSWACS) is a real time, high resolution, multi-lens sensor capable of producing wide angle (1400) imagery for high speed/low altitude tactical reconnaissance missions. Five separate lenses, each with its own Charge Coupled Device (CCD) array, collect image data from sectors of the 140° scene; some airborne processing is done to transmit data through an airborne data link. A ground station processor abuts the adjacent lens signals and prints hard copy reconnaissance products through a Tactical Laser Beam Recorder (TLBR). The ESSWACS flight test program consisted of 20 flights over MIL STD 150-A resolution targets and some representative tactical targets. The objectives of the test program were to demonstrate the design concepts under selected V/H and illumination conditions, and to gather knowledge in quantifying future CCD systems.

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Mike Poore and James Rachel "Evaluation Of The Electronic Solid-State Wide Angle Camera System (ESSWACS)", Proc. SPIE 0175, Airborne Reconnaissance IV, (1 August 1979); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.957195

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