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		gherkin0 on July 13, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NASA’s Juno Spacecraft Sends First In-orbit View That's actually way cheaper than I expected it to be. Though I supposed an actual spaceflight-worthy camera with that sensor would cost far more than the one you linked.

jonknee on July 13, 2016 [–]

Yup, they made a custom camera (which makes sense!). All the way at the bottom of this page there are photos of it along with a lot of details:

http://spaceflight101.com/juno/instrument-overview/

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