Redwire Corporation (NYSE: RDW) announced its optical imaging and sun sensor technology will launch aboard NASA's Artemis II spacecraft, the first crewed mission in the Artemis program.

The company will supply imaging and navigation systems through contracts with Lockheed Martin, NASA's prime contractor for the Orion spacecraft. Redwire is responsible for producing and testing the Orion Camera System for Artemis missions I through V.

The Artemis II camera system includes 11 internal and external inspection and navigation cameras. Wireless cameras positioned on each of Orion's four solar arrays will enable in-flight spacecraft inspection. The system's Optical Navigation Camera provides high-resolution imagery to the spacecraft's machine vision algorithm to determine Orion's position and velocity relative to Earth.

Additional cameras will record 4K video and 12-megapixel images while livestreaming views from inside and outside the vehicle during mission events including separation, jettison, deployment and crew demonstrations. The Redwire cameras aboard Artemis I captured imagery and video, including livestream views from solar array wing cameras that were made publicly available.

Redwire is also providing four Coarse Sun Sensor assemblies for Orion's European Service Module through a contract with Airbus. The sensors are part of Orion's solar power generation system and provide data to Solar Array Drive Electronics to adjust the module's solar panels. The sensors performed successfully on Artemis I.

The company stated the information in a press release. Redwire employs approximately 1,400 people across North America and Europe, focusing on space and defense technology solutions.