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04/05/95 14:23 FAX 818 354 9476 TERRESTRIAL SCI -> -> -> RIDE 006/013

JPL

KidSat Instrument Data Flow
Flight 1 (Mar '96)

Cargo-bay camera 
[Image] 
Dedicated CTVC
Color CCD Video Camera
(Ku or S-Band Download)

[[on line leading to another image]]
OCTV

Digital Camera Command & Data Computer
(IBM 486 Thinkpad Computer-Model 755)
w/ expansion chassis(not shown)

[[series of images going from left to right]]

[[image of zoomed in digital camera sensor]]
2k x 3k Color CCD
5 MBytes/raw frame

[[image of Nikon camera]]
Cameras are bracket mounted to Flight Deck overhead window
Camera Lenses
50 mm
105 mm
180 mm
300 mm
400 mm
Filters
TBD
Electronic Still Camera 2
(Modified Kodak DCS-450)

[[arrows point between camera and computer]]
SCSI
(2Mbytes/s)

[[image of computer]]
Removable 350 MB hard discs for image storage]]

[[image of 3D rectangle]]
Ku-Band or Orbitor Com Adapter

[[on line to payload data]]
cmda/data
12 Mbps/3-4Mbps

[[image]]
Payload Data Interface Panel

[[Image]]
Ku-Band
Link (Ch2)

[[on line leading down to image]]
2 or 4 Mbps
128 kbps

Data subset downlinked to 
WhiteSands/DomSat and
routed to KidSat into System
for real-time data processing

[[image of three children sitting in front of a computer]]

J. Baker
2/28/95

[[image of shuttle to the left of image of 3 children]]
Lossless image data set available post-flight

[[Image to the right of shuttle]]
Photo: NASA-JS-D, 8TB-BD,4/94: Pilot Kevin Chilton performing Earth observations