DocumentCode
2130023
Title
A new design of high precision solar microsensor for satellite aplications
Author
Delgado, F.J. ; Ortega, P. ; Tarrida, C.L. ; García, J. ; Angulo, M. ; Quero, J.M.
Author_Institution
Univ. de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
fYear
2010
fDate
1-4 Nov. 2010
Firstpage
552
Lastpage
556
Abstract
This paper shows the design and calibration of an improved miniaturized two-axis sun sensor for satellite attitude control. The proposed new structure is based on a previous sun sensor structure by adding multiple sensing cells. The improvement in precision is obtained by the subdivision of field of view (FoV), which is expected to be ±60°, with a resolution of 0.1°. In the paper, both the mathematical model and the experimental results are presented. The resulting device will be incorporated in Microsat satellite from INTA, which will be launched in 2012.
Keywords
artificial satellites; attitude control; calibration; microsensors; photodetectors; sensor fusion; sunlight; FoV; INTA; Microsat satellite; calibration; field of view; high precision solar microsensor; multiple sensing cell; satellite attitude control; two-axis sun sensor; MEMS; photodiodes; sensor;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Sensors, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location
Kona, HI
ISSN
1930-0395
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8170-5
Electronic_ISBN
1930-0395
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSENS.2010.5690486
Filename
5690486
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