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

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.

“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.

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.

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.