The ECAM Imaging System minimizes spacecraft overhead and flexibly delivers the features, performance, and reliability required to service a variety of applications, including:

• In-flight engineering diagnostics
• Deployment/actuator monitoring
• Space situational awareness
• Science observations
• Public outreach

Each system starts with one or more Digital Video Recorders (DVR). DVRs support up to eight cameras, and multiple DVRs may be linked to support additional cameras without requiring additional spacecraft data interfaces. The spacecraft commands the DVR to record snapshots or video from a given camera at a specified time. The DVR commands the selected camera, pre-processes and compresses the data, and stores the data to a non-volatile memory buffer (available with 8, 16, or 32 GByte buffers). The DVR can playback recorded images and video upon command.

Command sequences can also be pre-programmed for automatic execution when power is applied, reducing spacecraft overhead and allowing the DVR to operate in a stand-alone mode.

Customers can select any combination of ECAM-series cameras to meet specific mission requirements:

• ECAM-C50: 5 Megapixel (2592 x 1944) color CMOS camera
• ECAM-C30: 3 Megapixel (2048 x 1536) color CMOS camera
• ECAM-IR1: 384 x 288 uncooled microbolometer LWIR camera

Customers can also select one of three off-the-shelf optics (narrow, medium, and wide field-of-view), or have MSSS design custom optics to meet specific needs.