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SPACE PROGRAMS

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Elop is among a select group of manufacturers worldwide incorporating under one
roof the complete infrastructure for carrying out a wide variety of cutting-edge space
projects, in cooperation with high-tech companies and defense authorities.
Our cameras provide high spatial resolution earth imaging and mapping for a wide
range of military / security, commercial and scientific applications.
Elop’s advanced facilities, considered a national asset, include latest generation design
tools, clean rooms, controlled chambers for testing under space-simulating thermal-
vacuum conditions, set-ups for alignment of large aperture optics, detectors, thermal
control systems and other cutting edge equipment for camera testing.

URANUS - MSC
Multi-Spectral Space Camera - Payload System

The URANUS Multi-Spectral Space Camera (MSC), a high resolution panchro-
matic and multi-spectral payload system, is a complete end-to-end spaceborne
remote-sensing payload originally designed for the KOMPSAT II satellite de-
veloped by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) for multi-purpose
use. KOMPSAT II was launched in July 2006.

90 Aerospace z Space Technology