Kodak CCD Image Censors will play a key role once the Lunar Reconnissance Orbiter launches for the moon. Apparently, Kodak will be a key part in the intended creation of a comprehensive Atlas of the moon’s features once the new space exploration mission gets underway.

The orbiter’s Wide Angle Camera will provide a “big picture” view of the moon by capturing images with 100-meter resolution. Based on the KODAK KAI-1001 Image Sensor, a one-megapixel device that provides both high sensitivity and high dynamic range, this camera will also use seven different color bands to identify spectral signatures of minerals that may be present on the moon’s surface.

Two Narrow Angle Cameras on the orbiter will capture high-resolution images of the moon’s surface at 0.5 meter-per-pixel using KODAK KLI-5001 Image Sensors, providing the same level of detail as the highest resolution satellite images of Earth commercially available today.

This should be something to look out for. This and the end results of that planned atlas is important for educational purposes and of course out of this world exploration. And with Kodak at the helm, you can bet those images will be made using high resolution to clearly see what the moon has which no one has ever seen yet.

(Source) Press