Cachecam
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The Cachecam, a photographic camera, is mounted inside the rover underbelly, at the top of the sample cache of NASA's Perseverance rover mission to Mars.
Overview
[edit | edit source]The Cachecam's main job is to photograph the top of a sample tube after the sample is gathered in order to verify acquisition before the tube is sealed.[1] It may also take images at other points in the sample processing.
The Cachecam will acquire color images of the samples using its 20 megapixel CMOS detector.[2]
It is considered an engineering camera. The other sets of engineering cameras on the Mars 2020 Rover are the Navcams and hazcams.
See also
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