Description and status of the Very High-Resolution payload for Earth Observation of the Italian Space Agency

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The VHR optical payload for the PLATiNO constellation utilizes a 50 cm Ritchey-Chretien telescope with a three-lens corrector to achieve sub-meter resolution imaging. It employs a high-precision translation stage at the focal plane to maintain sharp images across spectral bands during LEO operations. This compact design enables diffraction-limited performance for high-resolution Earth observation from small satellites.