Teledyne boasts some of the records for the most distant exports, where our image sensors have been central to gaining the first close up images of Pluto, visiting the Kuiper Belt and fly-pasts of Mercury. This experience and proven track record for devices flying for more than 16 years and then performing as planned at that critical moment has informed all our space products and service capabilities allowing us to provide assured products that will perform in the harshest environments which doesn’t get more harsh than deep space.

A vital component to learning more about other worlds is the ability to capture detailed images and spectroscopic data across the visible, UV, NIR and infrared (IR) spectrum. During 30 years involvement with the highest profile missions, the detailed scientific information and images obtained with Teledyne Imaging’s CCD and CMOS sensors and IR FPAs are helping us understand more about our solar system. Key enabling device characteristics that unlock the performance needed for these missions include low noise, very low dark current, deep depleted MCT, large pixel sizes, backside illumination and backthinned detector substrates.