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I didn't even know it could go that high. π€£
Sony A1 MKii can hit 102,400 for stills.
AFAIK anything past 32,000 is digitally expanded (which could be done with RAW post-processing).
EDIT:
See: https://www.photonstophotos.net/Charts/RN_ADU.htm#Nikon%20D5_14,Sony%20ILCE-1M2_14
The old Nikon D5, impressively, doesn't seem to post-scale even at ISO 102400
"Old" high-end DSLRs are aging well, digital photography has been in the diminishing returns for a while now. You're almost surely getting better pictures out of a 10 year old flagship than a brand new mid-level camera, and the "thoroughly tested" part matters a lot in spaceflight
Still surprises me that it's a D5 of all things, but then my main camera is only a year newer than that one. Not sure I'd use a DSLR at this point though.