Flight heritage since 2009
SSOC-A60 2-Axis analog sun sensor
€7,300
Sun Sensor on a Chip (SSoC), is based on MEMS fabrication processes to achieve highly integrated sensing structures at low cost for high accurate sun-tracking and positioning systems. SSOC-A60 device measures the incident angle of a sun ray in both azimuth and elevation. The high sensitivity is based on geometrical dimensions of the design.
Every sensor is characterized and a look-up table is provided for its application. It included an internal thermistor for temperature compensation. The use of a metal shield and a cover glass in the objective minimizes the ageing of the device under high energy particle radiation.
- Features
- Performance
- Product properties
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Application
- Satellite attitude determination
- Balloons and UAVs control
- Accurate Sun position determination
- Satellite solar panel positioning
- Attitude control and failure alarm
- Satellite positioning in specific trajectory points
- Engineering model also available (4100€)
Environmental
- Qualification status: flight model
- Random vibration: 10g @ 1 kHz
- Mechanical shock: 50 to 3000g, 1 to 100 ms
- Cumulative radiation dose: 300 kRad
- LET threshold: 6 MeV/mg/cm2
- Thermal cycling and vacuum tests
- 2 orthogonal axes
- Field of View: +/- 60 deg
- Accuracy: <0.3 deg (3-Sigma)
- Precision: <0.05 deg
- 4 analog output channels: 0 to 10V
- Dimensions: 30 x 30 x 12 mm
- Mass: 25 g
- Power supply: 5 to 12V
- Operating temperature: -40 to +85 degC
- Power consumption in Sun light: <36 mW
- Power consumption in the dark: <12 mW
