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Malin Space Science Systems

San Diego company that designs, builds and operates cameras for planetary missions, including the zoom cameras on NASA's Perseverance rover and the context camera that has mapped Mars from orbit since 2006.

Private company founded in 1990, older than most NewSpace firms; listed because it supplies the cameras on many Mars and deep-space missions.

Products, by altitude

Mars · 55–400 million km

  • In service

    Mastcam-Z

    Zoomable 3D color cameras on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover

Sources

  1. Malin Space Science Systems website

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