Star trackers compared: 45 models

Star trackers determine spacecraft attitude by matching an observed star field against an onboard catalogue. The table below compares the models listed on NewSpace Market by mass, power draw and envelope — the three figures that decide whether a unit fits a given bus.

Figures are taken from manufacturer datasheets and product pages, normalised to common units. Every row links to the product page and, where available, to the datasheet itself. As of 2026-10-15.

45
models listed
18
manufacturers
0.35 kg
median mass (0.035–4.7 kg, 39 values)
2.5 W
median power (0.5–21 W, 34 values)
Model Manufacturer Mass, kg Power, W Voltage, V Max dim., mm Update rate Datasheet
Twinkle Star Tracker arcsec 0.035 1 5 40 — PDF
PST3S-K4 Star Tracker TY-Space Technology 0.06 0.9 5 75.7 10 Hz PDF
NST10-G1 Star Tracker TY-Space Technology 0.09 1.2 5 86 10 Hz PDF
PST3S-H4 Star Tracker TY-Space Technology 0.095 1 5 98 10 Hz PDF
n-ART ST 1U Star Tracker Gumush 0.1 — — — — —
SASC Sub-Arcsecond Star Camera StarSpec Technologies 0.1 5 12 — — PDF
ST200 Berlin Space Technologies 0.106 — — 83 5 Hz PDF
PST3S-H5 Star Tracker TY-Space Technology 0.13 1 5 134 10 Hz PDF
NST-3 Nano Star Tracker TY-Space Technology 0.165 — — — — —
Compact Star Tracker Azmerit 0.193 0.5 5 93 — —
n-ART ST 2U Star Tracker Gumush 0.2 — — — — —
Sodern Auriga SA Sodern 0.205 0.8 4.8–5.3 — — PDF
Sodern Auriga CP Sodern 0.205 0.8 4.5–5.5 — — PDF
ARGO-2 High Performance Star Tracker System (HSTS-2) Tsd-space 0.25 3 5 — — —
n-ART ST 3U Star Tracker Gumush 0.3 — — — — —
ST200 AAC Clyde Space 0.3 3 5–12 100 Up to 5 Hz PDF
PST4S-H1 Star Tracker TY-Space Technology 0.31 0.9 5 141 10 Hz PDF
ASTRO CL Star Tracker Jena-Optronik 0.32 1.2 4.2–5.5 129 5 or 8 Hz —
Star Tracker HEX20 0.325 5 — 95 5 Hz —
T3 Star Tracker Terma 0.35 2 5–12 100 <5 Hz —
ST400 Berlin Space Technologies 0.35 — — 146 5 Hz PDF
Nano Star Trackers (NST) Blue Canyon Technologies 0.35 — — — — PDF
NST4S-A2 Star Tracker TY-Space Technology 0.37 0.9 5 182 10 Hz PDF
NST5S-A1 Star Tracker TY-Space Technology 0.38 1.5 5 168 10 Hz PDF
Scorpio Star Tracker arcsec 0.45 2 5 162 — PDF
VST-68M, VST-41M Star Trackers VECTRONIC Aerospace GmbH 0.47 3 9–40 180 — PDF
Redwire SpectraTRAC Star Tracker Redwire Corporation 0.475 5 — 120 4 Hz PDF
ST400 AAC Clyde Space 0.5 5 5–12 120 Up to 10 Hz PDF
NST20-G2 Star Tracker TY-Space Technology 1.2 4 28 268 15 Hz PDF
NST20-G3 Star Tracker TY-Space Technology 1.2 4 28 268 10 Hz PDF
T1 Star Tracker Terma 1.53 3.25 — — up to 10 Hz —
HORUS Star Tracker Sodern 1.6 — 24–50 — — PDF
ASTRO APS3 Autonomous Star Sensor Jena-Optronik 1.8 6 5 210 8, 10, or 16 Hz —
ASTROgyro Integrated Attitude Determination System Jena-Optronik 2 21 — — — —
ASTRO APS Autonomous Star Sensor Jena-Optronik 2 6 28 237 — —
ASTRO XP High Accuracy Star Tracker Jena-Optronik 2.5 1.5 28–100 — 2, 4, or 8 Hz —
AA-STR Autonomous Star Tracker Leonardo SpA (Space Division) 2.6 5.6 60–110 348 10/8/5/4 Hz PDF
A-STR Autonomous Star Tracker Leonardo SpA (Space Division) 3.55 8.9 20–50 290.5 10 Hz, 4 Hz PDF
HST-A1 Star Tracker TY-Space Technology 4.7 3.5 28 — 10 Hz PDF
AURIGA CP Star Tracker Sodern — — — — Up to 10 Hz PDF
Micro Star Sensor Pyxis Space — — — 100 — —
MicroST Solar MEMS Technologies — 6 5 — — PDF
Nano Star Sensor Pyxis Space — — — 46 — —
nanoST Solar MEMS Technologies — 1 5 — — PDF
Sagitta Star Tracker arcsec — 1.5 5 95 — PDF

A dash means the figure is not published by the manufacturer. For 1 model(s) an extracted value fell outside the plausible range for this class of hardware and is withheld pending manual checking, rather than shown as fact. Download the same table as CSV — free to reuse with attribution (CC BY 4.0).

See also: all star trackers in the catalogue · component benchmarks · other comparisons