Title :
On-Board Image Compression for the RAE Lunar Mission
Author :
Miller, Warner H. ; Lynch, Thomas J.
Author_Institution :
NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Md. 20771
fDate :
5/1/1976 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The requirements, design, implementation, and flight performance of an on-board image compression system for the lunar orbiting Radio Astronomy Explorer-2 (RAE-2) spacecraft are described. The image to be compressed is a panoramic camera view of the long radio astronomy antenna booms used for gravity-gradient stabilization of the spacecraft. A compression ratio of 32 to 1 is obtained by a combination of scan line skipping and adaptive run-length coding. The compressed imagery data are convolutionally encoded for error protection. This image compression system occupies about 1000 cm2 and consumes 0.4 W.
Keywords :
Cameras; Convolution; Dipole antennas; Image coding; Monitoring; Moon; Protection; Radio astronomy; Space vehicles; Telemetry;
Journal_Title :
Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAES.1976.308232
