Two camera experiments on the Mars 94/96 missions

The High Resolution Sterio Camera (HRSC) and the Wide-Angle Optoelectronic Stereo Scanner (WAOSS) are remote sensing instruments of the ARGUS platform to be flown on board the Russian Mars 94/96 spacecraft. The main objectives of the HRSC experiment are to acquire stereo image data, to derive detailed digital terrain models and ortho-images, to examine morphological features, geological processes and surface-atmosphere interactions. The camera will be operating in nine channels with different inclinations, difference geometric resolution, and different spectral bands. The paper describes the concepts and the specifications of the cameras and the approaches for processing of the data. Main emphasis is laid on photogrammetric and cartographic processing. -from Authors