LROC Wide Angle Camera (WAC)

Wide Angle Camera Specifications: Image format: 1024 x 14 pixels monochrome (push frame) 704 x 14 pixels 5-filter (visible, push frame) 128 x 4 2-filter UV color Pixel Scale (nadir): 1.50 milli-radian, 75 meters/pixel (visible)* 7.67 milli-radian, 385 meters/pixel (UV, 4x4 binned)* Image frame width (km): 105 km (visible monochrome)* 60 km (visible color)* 57 km (UV)* Optics: f/5.05 (visible) f/5.65 (UV) Effective Focal Length: 6.0 mm (visible) 4.7 mm (UV) Entrance Pupil Diameter: 1.19 mm (visible) 0.85 mm (UV) Field of View: 92° (monochrome) 61° (visible) 59° (UV) System MTF (Nyquist): 0.37 Electronics: 4 circuit boards Detector: Kodak KAI-1001 Pixel format: 1024 x 1024 Noise: 66±4 e− Mass: 0.9 kg Volume: (W × L × H): 15.8 cm x 23.2 cm x 32.3 cm (incl. radiator) Peak Power: 2.7 W Average Power: 2.6 W Filters: #1 - 321 nm #2 - 360 nm #3 - 415 nm #4 - 566 nm #5 - 604 nm #6 - 643 nm #7 - 689 nm *At an altitude of 50 km

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