MultiScape100 CIS
The MultiScape100 CIS provides continuous line-scan imaging in 7 spectral bands, with up to 32 digital TDI stages. The large aperture diameter and long focal length of the xScape100 VNIR OFE enables a GSD of 4.75 m at an orbital height of 500 km.
Engineered for the ultimate CubeSat image quality.
The MultiScape100 CIS is designed with a single goal in mind, to capture the earth in greater detail, more depth and a wider range of spectral bands within a 3U and 6U CubeSat form factor. This imager is based on a global shutter CMOS image sensor and a multispectral filter in the visible and near-infrared (VNIR) spectral range, each with up to 32 digital time delay integration (TDI) stages.
4.75 m GSD
at 500 km orbit height
19.4 km swath
at 500 km orbit height
7-Bands
in the VNIR range.
32 dTDI
stages per band
1.5U CubeSat
Volume
4096 Pixels
in the cross track
MultiScape100 CIS Product Specifications
| OPTICS | |
| Focal Length | 580 mm ± 1 mm |
| Aperture | 95 mm |
| Full Field of View | 2.22° (across-track) |
| IMAGING | |
| Configuration | Line-scan (Push broom) |
| Sensor Technology | CMOS |
| Resolution | 4096 pixels |
| Pixel Size | 5.5 µm |
| Pixel Depth | 10-bit |
| Spectral Filter | 7 Bands (2) |
| Digital TDI Stages | Up to 32 per Band |
| Maximum Line Rate | Up to 4000 Hz |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio | 77 for Band-2 using 8 dTDI stages (1) (3) |
| ON-BOARD ELECTRONICS | |
| Storage Capacity | 128 Gigabyte EDAC protected NAND Flash (Up to 4500 km strip) |
| Image Processing | Binning, Thumbnails |
| Image Compression | CCSDS 122.0-B-2 Lossy/Lossless (optional) (4) |
| Control Interface Options | I2C, SPI SpaceWire (ECSS-E-ST-50-12C) (optional) RS-422, RS-485 (optional) CAN 2.0B (optional) |
| Data Interface Options | LVDS SpaceWire (ECSS-E-ST-50-12C) (optional) USART (optional) |
| Power Supply | 5 V DC ± 250mV |
| Power Consumption | 2.5 W when idle or during readout 5.8 W during imaging |
| MECHANICAL | |
| Mass | 1.4 kg ± 2% |
| Dimensions | 98 x 98 x 176 mm |
| ENVIRONMENTAL | |
| Operating Temperature | -10°C to +50°C |
| Sun-Facing Duration | Sun can be in the FOV for up to 5 minutes |
| Radiation (TID) (5) | Fully functional up to at least 15 krad. Some degradation in Flash storage at higher doses. |
(1) Dependant on the orbit height. Value calculated at 500 km orbital height.
(2) Dependant on the number of bands enabled.
(3) Equivalent to Sentinel-2 band B3. At-aperture radiance level of 100 W·m-2 ·sr-1 ·µm-1 is assumed.
(4) https://public.ccsds.org/Pubs/122x0b2.pdf
(5) Tested up to 25 kRad, without shielding, using a 60Co source