vidicon
noun
vid·icon
ˈvi-di-ˌkän 
often capitalized
: a camera tube using the principle of photoconductivity
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To the end, these missions had an all camera payload: six television vidicon cameras, 2 full-scan cameras, and 4 partial scan cameras.
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Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2018
But the most exciting payload was the vidicon television camera that could send back one complete frame every ten seconds.
—Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2018
Both spacecraft were designed to be stable platforms for their vidicon cameras, which used red, green and blue filters to produce full-color images.
—Tim Folger, Scientific American, 18 June 2022
Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2018
But the most exciting payload was the vidicon television camera that could send back one complete frame every ten seconds.
—Amy Shira Teitel, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2018
Both spacecraft were designed to be stable platforms for their vidicon cameras, which used red, green and blue filters to produce full-color images.
—Tim Folger, Scientific American, 18 June 2022
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“Vidicon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vidicon. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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