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RGS Focal Camera Flight Unit


RGS flight unit

One of the two RGS focal cameras. Most clearly visible are the thermal radiator with its struts and the brass casing of the camera itself. As oriented in the photo, the light would enter the camera from below.

Photo courtesy of Space Research Organization of the Netherlands (SRON).

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