Key highlights
The SCS MultiCam Rocket-2-Cam is a one of the available configurations of Scanway Camera System, consisting of 2 wide-angle cameras dedicated to monitoring of the spacecrafts processes. This kind of system was used on the first launch of the biggest European carrier rocket Ariane-6 on July 2024. The system provided the high quality imagery (photo and video) of the main fairing separation and satellites deployment processes.
The SCS system is compatible with a wide variety of small satellite platforms, including CubeSats, nanosatellites, and microsatellites. Its mechanical and electrical interfaces are designed to be flexible and customizable, making it suitable for integration with most common satellite buses as well as with mission-specific architectures. The data and power interfaces can be tailored during development to align with integrator requirements.
Scanway Camera System can be integrated not only into satellites but also onto launch vehicle structures, including upper stages, dispensers, or dedicated experiment platforms. It is suitable for monitoring fairing separation, payload deployment, stage separation, or any mission-critical mechanical event that occurs during launch or shortly after orbital insertion. The system can operate autonomously and withstand launch loads and thermal transitions, making it a flexible imaging tool for both orbital and suborbital use cases.
Applications
The system allows the acquisition and processing of visual information of many key processes during the flight of the rocket, such as:
- Main Engine Ignition and Liftoff
- First and Second Stages Burn and Shutdown
- Stage Separation
- Second Stage Ignition
- Fairing Separation
- Payload Deployment
- Docking Operations
Customization
Product customization is possible, such as amount of the camera modules, processing modules, interfaces.
SCS space camera series products vary from simple camera systems able to record the video of the process flow to advanced machine vision solutions consisting of cameras, storage, and data processing units able to acquire, process, and analyze image data.
Flight heritage
The payload was tested during the first launch of the Ariane 6 rocket, July 2024. The product was part of the YPSat mission which aimed to visually document key stages of the launch, including fairing separation and payload deployment, reaffirming Europe’s autonomous access to space.
Customers
- ESA
- WAT
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Last updated: 2026-01-14
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