Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2017-09-19
Experts are considering how to fix a problem with the camera of Formosat-5,
The first images sent back to Earth from Taiwan’s first domestically built satellite, FORMOSAT-5, have come back blurry with bright spots in places, an issue believed to be the result of focus length offset. (Photo Courtesy National Applied Research Laboratories) (CNA)
Taiwan’s first domestically built satellite.
The satellite was launched in August, but the problem was not discovered until the satellite sent back its first batch of images on September 7. The images were blurry with bright spots in places, an issue believed to be the result of focus length offset.
The National Applied Research Laboratories held a press conference Tuesday confirming the problem. They have proposed fixing the problem by changing the satellite’s internal temperature, changing its orbital distance from the Earth, and correcting photos with software based on images taken by another satellite. [FULL STORY]