Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter Color Imager - MARCI

MSSS will be responsible for designing and developing the imaging system, and for operating the cameras once in orbit about Mars. The Color Imager consists of two cameras: a wide angle, low resolution system to acquire daily global images of the entire planet in both visible and ultraviolet light, and a medium resolution/angle camera to acquire multi-color pictures at roughly 40 m/pixel resolution. The investigation team includes:

• Dr. Michael C. Malin (Malin Space Science Systems, San Diego, CA)
  
• Dr. James Bell (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
  
• Dr. Wendy Calvin (U. S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ)
  
• Dr. R. Todd Clancy (Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO)
  
• Dr. Robert M. Haberle (NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA)
  
• Dr. Philip B. James (University of Toledo, Toledo, OH)
  
• Dr. Steven W. Lee (LASP, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO)
• Dr. Peter Thomas (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)

• A brief description of the investigation and the imaging system

• An Instrument Parameter Table describing the technical attributes of the cameras

• The complete technical proposal, with illustrations

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