Satellites and subsystems > Attitude > Attitude sensors > Star trackers > Star tracker
Key highlights
KAIROSPACE offers a compact, fully autonomous star tracker, suitable for CubeSat and nanosat missions, with flight heritage since 2019. The star tracker includes an internal sensor cooling system to improve accuracy.
The main features of the star tracker include:
- Internal accelerometer
- Compact size
- Ability to take images on-the-fly
- Dark current calibration
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Last updated: 2022-01-08
Technical specs
mass
197 g (including baffle)
width
56 mm
height
60 mm
length
93 mm
pointing accuracy
< 5 arcsec @ 3σ
supply voltage
5.0 ± 0.25 V
data interface
CAN (500 kbit/s, 1 Mbit/s)
RS485 (up to 625 kbit/s)
RS485 (up to 625 kbit/s)
operating temperature
-30 to 40 C
storage temperature
-30 to 100 C
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