Abstract
A synoptic low-mass and low-power stereo camera has been dev eloped for the investigation of Mars. Various scientific objectives and a high-elliptical orbit required a flexible concept of the camera design and camera control. The camera design could be adapted to both the different problems and the various satellite buses due to the flexible camera control system and a modular hardware design. Starting from this modular camera concept other low-mass and low-power camera systems has been designed or developed for different scientific tasks. A high resolution stereo camera would be possible only by changing the electrooptical design. A basic modification of the camera head and some small changes of the digital unit led to an multispectral camera with the special feature of the capability of polarization measurements. A navigation camera concept is designed basing on the high signal processing and arithmetic power of the WAOSS camera. The given technical performance data and the mass and power budgets will show the suitability of these camera concepts for low-cost planetary missions.
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