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    • Optics and Photonics
    • Space Science and Engineering
    • Remote Sensing Technology

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    • Remote sensing cameras are critical for Earth observation and space missions, but their performance is limited by onboard systems.
    • Image quality directly impacts mission success, necessitating methods to overcome inherent camera limitations.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and demonstrate an on-orbit high-resolution imaging method that compensates for camera-induced performance limitations.
    • To improve the imaging capabilities of spacecraft cameras beyond their intrinsic design constraints.

    Main Methods:

    • Extraction of the invariable modulation transfer function (IMTF) using a pixel optical focal-plane (PFP) with multiple spatial frequency targets.
    • Application of a constrained least-squares filter combined with the extracted IMTF to correct for imaging degradations.
    • Experimental validation on an on-orbit panchromatic camera.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed method significantly enhances image quality metrics.
    • Demonstrated increases include a 6.5x rise in average gradient, a 3.3x increase in edge intensity, and a 1.56x improvement in the modulation transfer function (MTF) value.
    • The results confirm the effectiveness of compensating for camera limitations.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed IMTF-based method effectively pushes the performance limits of existing cameras.
    • This approach enables higher-resolution optical imaging from space, benefiting various Earth observation and deep-space exploration applications.