Digital Aerial Cameras

UltraCam Condor 4.1

Large format aerial camera for wide-area mapping

The UltraCam Condor 4.1 is the all-in-one aerial camera solution for utmost efficiency of high-altitude, wide-area data collection, featuring an expansive image footprint and impressive image quality.

Vexcel Imaging

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Description

Specifically designed and optimized for nationwide mapping, the UltraCam Condor 4.1 boasts an impressive image footprint of about 48,460 pixels across the flight strip. Combining a high-resolution RGB strip and lower resolution rectangular PAN and NIR images, the UltraCam Condor 4.1 delivers imagery of the utmost quality. The rectangular PAN channel enables automated dense matching, DSM, DTM and ortho image generation. This eliminates the need for additional flights by other sensors as all necessary data sets can be derived from a single flight with the UltraCam Condor.

The innovative camera system features numerous enhancements, beginning with a fully CMOS based architecture that enables a fast frame rate of 1 frame per 0.7 seconds. To manage the impressive amount of data collected by the latest CMOS sensors, new state-of-the art electronics were implemented for UltraCam 4th generation systems. Custom-designed lenses ensure imagery of exceptional sharpness, resolution, and contrast.

“We found that the Condor 4.1 offers the highest rate of production possible to cover an area for ortho imagery. The Condor’s fast frame rate enables us to operate the camera in a jet or a fast turboprop aircraft and shoot with 85% overlap. The Condor is a perfect tool to combat traffic and weather challenges and capture excellent data on time.”

(Yoeri Slagboom, UltraCam Condor customer)

The UltraCam Condor 4.1 is the gold standard for wide-area mapping, empowering you to map countries and continents in record time.

KEY SPECIFICATIONS

48,462 x 6,150 pixels Color image size (RGB Bayer pattern)
20,488 x 14,040 pixels PAN image size (RGB coverage)
9,456 x 6,240 pixels NIR image size (RGB coverage)
CMOS imaging sensors
Adaptive Motion Compensation (AMC)
1 frame per 0.7 seconds

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Specifications

Application: Training facilities

Yes

Main applications

Ortho Photos, Point Clouds, DSM, DTM, EO, AT for Photogrammetry, 3D City Modeling, Mining, Oil & Gas, Agriculture, Insurance, Environmental Monitoring, Urban planning, Security & Defense, Disaster Management, Telecommunications

Distinguishable features

48,462 pixels across flight direction - single source data acquisition solution - very high dynamic range - high frame rate - integrated package that contains all components in the sensor head

Uncertainty: Geometric calibration

Yes

Radiometric calibration

Yes

Data storage: Type of storage

SSD

Storage capacity [GB]

32,000

Storage Replaceable

Y

Sensor Characteristics: Lenses: focal lengths [mm]

RGB: 123 mm, PAN: 52 mm, NIR: 24 mm

Type CMOS

Sony

Lenses: interchangeable

N

Number of lenses

7

Type CCD

CMOS

Pixel size [µm]

3.76

Dynamic range [bits]

14

Max. integration time [s]

0.7

Megapixels

298

Operation Characteristics: Platform

Fixed-wing

Helicopter

N

Fixed-wing

N

Forward motion compensation

Y

In flight pre-view

Y

Max flying height[m]

7000

Max. acquisition duration [h]

Unlimited

Software: On board image storage format(s)

RAW

Type of mission planning software

Topoflight Mission Planner

Type of postprocessing software

Vexcel UltraMap

General: Year of introduction

2021

Hardware: Camera unit Depth [m]

0.43

Power requirements

330 W

Type of GNSS/ INS positioning system

UltraNav and most current third party systems

Camera unit Weight [kg]

55

Camera unit Length [m]

0.8

Camera unit Width [m]

0.43

Application areas: Select an application area:

Land Surveying and Cadastre, Construction and Infrastructure, Cultural Heritage, Mining, Oil and Gas, Defense and Security