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- From: smckinty@sunicnc.France.Sun.COM (Steve McKinty - Sun ICNC)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: Re: imaging system
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 15:25:23 GMT
- Organization: SunConnect
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- In article <8685@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU>, annette@boole.seas.ucla.edu (Annette K. Nasif) writes:
- > Hello, I am involved with a group of UCLA students who are attempting to
- > build an amateur rocket capable of climbing to 200,00ft and transmitting
- > images back to the ground. I would appreciate any input anyone could give
- > me on what type of imaging system would be the best to use. I would like
- > to have a videocamera, but the people working on telemetry say that it would
- > be too difficult to transmit back that much information. I therefore need
- > to find some sort of camera, the lighter and smaller the better, that can
- > take a series of snap shots (at least 8 bit resolution) which can then
- > be transmitted and received on the ground. Any suggestions, ideas, or
- > starts in the right direction will will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
- >
-
- You could try getting in touch with the University of Surrey, in Guildford,
- England. They have a space science department which is quite involved with
- small non-commercial satellites, some of which carry video imaging
- equipment which can be recieved on fairly simple ham radio type gear. The
- university helps build the satellites & has a small ground station, they
- should know what kind of imaging devices can stand up to rocket-launch
- stresses, etc.
-
- I don't have their address handy, I should have it at home. You may be able
- to get an email address for them, possibly by asking in one of the
- ham.radio groups (some of the satellites carry ham radio equipment as well),
- or in a group like soc.culture.british.
-
- Steve
-
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