Flight heritage since 2016
nanoSSOC-D60 digital sun sensor
€4,110
Sun Sensor on a Chip (SSOC) is a two-axis and low-cost sun sensor for high accurate sun-tracking, pointing and attitude determination. The device measures the incident angle of a sun ray in two orthogonal axes, providing a high sensitivity based on the geometrical dimensions of the design. nanoSSOC sun sensor is based on MEMS fabrication processes to achieve high integrated sensing structures. nanoSSOC-A60 has minimum size, weight and power consumption to be the perfect ADCS solution for nanosatellite platforms like CubeSats.
- Features
- Performance
- Product properties
- Documents
Application
- Satellite attitude determination
- Balloons and UAVs control
- Accurate Sun position determination
- Satellite solar panel positioning
Heritage
- Same technology as the SSOC-A60 and SSOC-D60 sensors
- More than 30 units, used aboard more than 10 operational missions
- Included in the Cepheus mission (3U)
- 2 orthogonal axes
- Field of View: +/- 60 deg
- Accuracy: <0.5 deg (3-Sigma)
- Precision: <0.1 deg
- Communication: I2C, SPI or UART (RS-422)
- Dimensions: 43 x 14 x 5.9 mm
- Mass: 6.5 g
- Power supply: 3.3V or 5V
- Operating temperature: -30 to +85 degC
- Average current consumption: <23 mA