Science & Exploration
ExoMars rover camera system
This image shows the Rosalind Franklin rover mast with imaging suite, angled slightly downwards in an imaging test. The rover is a ‘ground test model’ – a replica rover situated at the Rover Operations Control Centre, in Turin, Italy, and used for rehearsing commands.
The camera suite sits about 2 m above surface level, and will provide panoramic views of the landscape around the rover, along with high resolution images of the surface. It can also image samples collected by the drill, before they enter into the onboard laboratory.
Towards the front of the rover in this view, in the direction in which the rover is ‘looking’ is a calibration target, which will play an essential role in calibrating the images once returned to Earth.
