Visual Monitoring Camera: Difference between revisions

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* Pixel depth: 8 bits

* [[Field of View]]: 40 x 31 degrees

* Distance from [[Mars]] surface: 300-10.00010000 km<ref>Mars Express orbit video - https://www.flickr.com/photos/esa_marswebcam/16707518966/</ref>

* Calculated<ref>tan(31°/2) * 10000km / 240pixel</ref> resolution at 10.00010000 km: 11.5 km/pixel

* Calculated<ref>tan(31°/2) * 300km / 240pixel</ref> resolution at 300 km: 0,.347 km/pixel

* Mass: 430 g

* Size: 65 x 60 x 108 mm

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VMC is not operated by scientists as other onboard instruments; it's instead operated by the '''Mars Express Flight Control Team''', based at [[ESOC]], Darmstadt, Germany.

MEFCT is currently uploading VMC images to its Flickr account in a fully automated process which makes images available to the public as soon as they are downloaded from the spacecraft,<ref>http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2012/12190600-mars-express-vmc.html</ref> and all pictures taken till now are available for free download, including images of [[Beagle 2]] separation occurred in 2003.<ref>8 images of Beagle 2 separation - https://www.flickr.com/photos/esa_marswebcam/sets/72157632218100711/ </ref>

== External resources ==