The MOMS-2P Mission on the MIR station

Abstract

MOMS is a five lens space camera for multispectral and stereo imaging. It was flown for the first time on a Space Shuttle mission (STS 55) in 1993; in this 10-day mission approx. 7 million square km of the earth surface were covered. After the Shuttle flight the camera system was refurbished and adapted to the new environmental conditions onboard the PRIRODA-Module of the Russian MIR-Space Station. Additionally, the MOMS-payload was extended by a navigation package conisting of a high precision gyro and a GPS system in order to provide the necessary position and attitude data for photogrammetric evaluation of the image data. MOMS-2P was launched into orbit in May 1996 and started its first operation in October 1996. A technical description of the camera system and its operational concept will be presented as well as the present status of data recording. Information how MOMS-data can be accessed and ordered will be given.