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HiRISE Requirements and Performance Characteristics Parameter Performance Comments Ground Sample Distance (GSD) 30 cm/pixel From 300 km altitude Telescope aperture 0.5 m, f/24 For resolution and SNR Spectral range 400 to 600 nm 550 to 850 nm 800 to 1000 nm Blue-Green (BG) Red Near infra-red (NIR) SNR      Blue-Green             Red             NIR Typically 100:1 Typically 200:1 Typically 100:1 Achieved with TDI, backside thinned CCDs,and 50 cm aperture Swath      Red Width      Blue-Green &NIR >6 km >1.2 lm From 300 km altitude From 300 km altitude Swath length >2x swath width Along track Data precision 14 bit A/D 12 to 13 bit usable Data compression Real-time 14 to 8 bit Up to 16 x 16 binning Lossless compression at SSR Look-up table Increases areal coverage ~2:1 Data storage 28 Gbits All channels Number of pixels across swath 20,264 Red 4,048 Green and NIR From swath and pixel scale TDI line time ≥76 μsec To match ground track speed CCD read noise < 50 electrions rms at 22° C Achieve SNR at low signal levels FOV 1.14° x 0.18° IFOV 1 x 1 μrad Detector angular subtense Relative Radiometry <1% pixel to pixel Absolute 20%

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