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Table 1 Components of IR2

From: Development and in-flight calibration of IR2: 2-μm camera onboard Japan’s Venus orbiter, Akatsuki

Component

Sub-component

T a

Weight (g)

Power consumption and remarks

IR2-CMR

IR2-SNS

 

1100

5.0 W (from IR-AE, when imaging)

(17-μm pitch 1M pix. PtSi)

66

 

IFOV = 0.20 mRad/FOV = \(12^\circ\)

IR2-OPT (triplet lens)

172

 

\(f =\) 84.6 mm (170 K), F / 4

IR2-STR (structure)

  

IR2-FWH (filter wheel)

172

 

7.2 W (from IR-AE, when in motion)

IR2-FLTR

83

 

Fixed short-wavelength pass filter

IR2-ELC

 

250

A set of wire herness

IR2-THRM

CP (Radiator plate)

 

2500

AlBeMet162 alloy metal

IR2-CMP (compressor)

 

3500

50 W (from IR2-CDE)

IR2-CHD (cold head)

 

800

 

IR2-CDE

  

3600

74.4 W (50 W to IR2-CMP)

IR2-H

  

2320

Box-shape baffle

IR-AE

  

3300

40.4 W (when imaging)

   

33.4 W (when FWH in motion)

IR-AE-WHN

 

200

A set of wire herness

Total

  

17,570

114.8 W (when imaging)

   

107.8 W (when FWH in motion)

  1. aTemperatures of IR2-CMR estimated for the most severe ambient condition in Venus orbit