Japan sends a modified Pentax 300mm F4 lens into space aboard its Kitsune 6 microsatellite

The Pentax DA* 300mm F4 ED(IF) SDM lens has gone to space. Ricoh Imaging Japan announced that its 300mm F4 lens for APS-C cameras has been installed in the Kitsune 6U CubeSat satellite as a shooting lens. Kitsune was about the Antares rocket launched from Virginia last month. The rocket successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS). Kitsune 6U will collect ground sensor data and perform high-resolution imaging of the Earth's surface. A standard Pentax DA* 300mm F4 lens Kitsune 6...