Resolve Optics lenses at the heart of Space-TV.

Over the last 24 months we have worked closely with microsatellite video specialists – Sen to supply them with radiation tolerant, space ready 4K lenses optimised for three different ground sampling distances.

Sen’s latest mission to livestream Earth in 4K launched into orbit aboard a SpaceX supply ship on March 21, 2024, bound for the International Space Station.

The launch, designated SpaceX CRS-30, was SpaceX’s 30th commercial resupply services mission for NASA. SpaceX’s cargo Dragon, loaded with supplies, science experiments and Sen’s payload arrived at the ISS on Saturday March 23.

Sen’s payload, called “SpaceTV-1”, will be hosted on the outside of the ISS through a commercial payload agreement with Airbus U.S. Space & Defence, supported by the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory.

The payload has three camera views. One camera, with a wide angle ‘panoramic’ lens, will film Earth’s horizon. Another camera will look straight down at Earth and image a scene around 240 km x 180 km, with each pixel representing approximately 60m of the ground (“ground sample distance” or GSD). Another camera looks at the forward-facing docking port of the International Space Station.

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