Wide Field of View (wFOV)
Overview
The Honeywell Wide Field of View (wFOV) Payload is a high-performance, ITAR-free optical system engineered for global Space Situational Awareness (SSA) missions. Its optical capabilities deliver greater than 3 degrees square instantaneous Field of View, with dynamic gimbaling for expanded coverage. Featuring a custom optical system, passive thermal design, and a radiation-tolerant detector and electronics, the system provides high sensitivity and reliable performance in challenging space environments.
Space-qualified control electronics with optional radiation hard capability,configurable for both standalone and hosted missions, the wFOV Telescope empowers operators to make informed decisions for safe launch, orbit selection, and on-orbit operations.
Designed for military and civil space operators worldwide, the wFOV SSA Sensor provides a resliable, flexible, and high-precision solution for safe and effective space operations.
Space-qualified control electronics with optional radiation hard capability,configurable for both standalone and hosted missions, the wFOV Telescope empowers operators to make informed decisions for safe launch, orbit selection, and on-orbit operations.
Designed for military and civil space operators worldwide, the wFOV SSA Sensor provides a resliable, flexible, and high-precision solution for safe and effective space operations.
Specifications
Key Benefits
- Baffle dimensions adaptable for mission-specific requirements; gimballed version available
- Bespoke telescope with focus lenses and custom optical coatings
- Control electronics based on a space-qualified product with a custom daughter board; similar to nFOV (radiation-hard option available)
- Fixed mount option for steered spacecraft missions or yoke-style gimbal for near - hemispherical Field of Regard (FOR)
- Greater than 3° square Field of View, detector-limited resolution
- Large-format radiation-tolerant detector, radiation qualified by ESA
- Passive a-thermal design for stable performance across temperature variations
- Rapid assembly and procurement with low-cost architecture, ideal for commercial applications
- Sensitivity expected to exceed Sapphire instrument
- Wide FOV, near-telecentric Petzval-style lens system
