CCD Line Camera Technology – From Space to Close-Up Applications

Abstract

Since the 1980th , where CCD line technology emerged at the market, DLR is dealing with line scanners, airborne and spaceborne. One of the major developments was done for the Russian Mars 96 mission. The Wide-Angle Optoelectronic Stereo Scanner WAOSS was developed to observe the dynamics in the atmosphere and on the surface of Mars using the 3-line stereo principle behind a wide-angle lens. The spacecraft was lost in the Earth orbit, but the methodology, technology and experience have been widely applied to different application areas and products in the Earth orbit and on the ground. Examples are the Earth observation mission BIRD, the high-resolution 3D panoramic camera jointly developed with KST GmbH in Dresden, and the digital film scanner, a product jointly developed with Kinoton GmbH München. The presentation gives an overview showing the principles, some technical parameters and features as well as some examples of the applications.