The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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The side cover of the TRISAT-R CubeSat measuring 10x10 cm; and in the middle can be seen its photo diode (the white component in the middle) and the camera (the small black dot adjacent to the diode, directly towards the top of the image). In the centre of the camera you can see the 2 by 2 mm lens of the camera, possessing a 120 degree field of view. The lens is made from clear borosilicate glass providing radiation resistance, and is directly mounted on the image sensor below providing 320x320 pixels.