DCAM [JAXA]
The IKAROS solar sail craft deployed two tiny subsatellite cameras called DCAM 1 and 2 to monitor the success of the deployment process of the solar sail. Each of the DCAMs featured a camera and was battery powered and had an operating time of 15 minutes.
Nation: | Japan |
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Type / Application: | Technology |
Operator: | JAXA |
Contractors: | JAXA |
Equipment: | Camera |
Configuration: | Cylinder |
Propulsion: | None |
Power: | Batteries |
Lifetime: | 15 minutes |
Mass: | < 1 kg |
Orbit: | heliocentric |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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DCAM 1 | 2010-020# | 20.05.2010 | Ta YLP-1 | H-2A-202 | with Planet C, IKAROS, DCAM 2, UNITEC 1, Waseda-SAT2, Negai✰, KSAT | |
DCAM 2 | 2010-020# | 20.05.2010 | Ta YLP-1 | H-2A-202 | with Planet C, IKAROS, DCAM 1, UNITEC 1, Waseda-SAT2, Negai✰, KSAT |