imaging science system

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The imaging science system was the primary camera and imaging instrument suite on NASA's Voyager spacecraft, used to capture detailed photographs of planets and moons during their grand tour of the outer Solar System.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf spacecraft camera system
spacecraft imaging instrument suite
associatedWith Voyager imaging team
capturedImagesOf Callisto
Europa
Ganymede
Io
Jupiter
Miranda
Neptune
Saturn
Titan
Triton
Uranus
consistsOf narrow-angle camera
wide-angle camera
dataUsedBy mission navigators
planetary scientists
developedBy Jet Propulsion Laboratory
hasComponent electronics subsystem
filter wheel assemblies
optical telescopes
vidicon tube detectors
missionRole primary imaging experiment on Voyager spacecraft
notableFor discovering complex structures in planetary rings
producing first detailed global images of outer planets
providing high-resolution images of icy moons
revealing active volcanism on Io
operatedIn outer Solar System
operator NASA
partOf Voyager 1
surface form: Voyager 1 spacecraft payload

Voyager 2 spacecraft payload
Voyager program
primaryFunction atmospheric imaging
moon imaging
planetary imaging
ring system imaging
spectralRange near infrared
near ultraviolet
visible light
usedDuring Voyager 1
surface form: Voyager Jupiter encounter

Voyager Neptune encounter
Voyager Saturn encounter
Voyager Uranus encounter
usedFor navigation imaging
public outreach imagery
scientific observation of outer Solar System bodies
usedOn Voyager 1
Voyager 2

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Voyager program includesInstrument imaging science system