Satellites and subsystems > Attitude > Attitude sensors > Star trackers > Star Tracker
Key highlights
A medium-to-high accuracy miniature star tracker equipped with an external thread for the easy integration of a mission-specific baffle, allowing you to customize the performance as per your mission objectives. The Star Tracker outputs quaternions and has both “lost in space” and tracking modes. Additionally, to support the high-volume production of these sensors and reduce lead times, CubeSpace (CS) has novel in-house designed and built dark optics tunnels, which allows for the concurrent calibration of multiple star trackers in parallel. The modular design of these tunnels makes them easily scalable based on production demands.
Key features
Flight-proven algorithms
CMOS-based optical sensor
Outputs full quaternions
External modular baffle thread
Large on-board star catalogue - 99.7% sky coverage
Common node design and redundancy in supply chain
Integrated processor for reduced ADCS computer processing demand
Shared electronic design and heritage across Gen2 product range
Random Vibration: 14.16 g RMS
Radiation: 24 kRad
Lifetime: 5+ Years
Testing & qualification
Our satellite subsystems’ manufacturing, assembly, integration, and testing adhere to international space standards. We design these subsystems with carefully selected components and subject them to rigorous testing under ESA’s ECSS and NASA’s GEVS standards, including radiation, vibration, shock, and thermal vacuum tests. Utilising in-house test equipment enables us to validate product performance efficiently and cost-effectively, ensuring reliable and high-quality products and services for our ambitious partners.
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Last updated: 2025-10-08
Technical specs
42 deg (horizontal/vertical)
165 mW (average)
UART
RS485
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