MTF Measurement of the Lens on the KITSAT-1 Earth Imaging System

Abstract

The KITSAT-1(August, 1992) and the KITSAT-2(September, 1993) were successfully launched and operated by the SatRec(Satellite Research Center). Both carry the CCD cameras to monitor the image of the earth. We used the camera bench type automatic equipment in the KSRI(Korea Standards Research Institute) to measure the MTF(Modulation Transfer Function) value of the lens attached to the CCD camera. We measured the tangential MTF and the sagital MTF by varing the f-number and the field angle. According to the result, the light from a point source is focused within one pixel of the smaller as the field angle increases.