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Sun Sensor

Pyxis Space
€2 500
Mass 0.01 kg

The Pyxis Space Sun Sensor is an ultra-compact, lightweight attitude sensor that provides coarse Sun direction measurement for…

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NSS3 Sun Sensor

Serenum Space
Price on request
Mass 0 kg · Supply voltage 2.7…3.7 V · Operating temperature -40…85 °C

Miniature, fully autonomous digital sun sensor with <0.02° precision and CubeSat Space Protocol over I2C.

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Swan GEO Sun Sensor

Needronix
Price on request
  • Target orbitGeostationary (GEO)
  • Key featureHigh dynamic range for GEO illumination conditions
  • ApplicationsGEO attitude determination, momentum management, eclipse transitions

High-dynamic-range sun sensor specifically optimized for GEO operations — wide operating range handling full GEO illumination conditions without…

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Eagle Plus Sun Sensor

Needronix
Price on request
Mass 0.01 kg · Supply voltage 3.3 V

Ultra-high-accuracy CubeSat sun sensor — 0.0015° precision, 12g, I2C/SPI digital output, ideal for precision pointing missions.

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Eagle Sun Sensor

Needronix
Price on request
Mass 0.01 kg · Supply voltage 3.3 V

Fine sun sensor for CubeSats and small satellites — 0.09° accuracy, ±60° FOV, 12g, 3.3V supply, digital I2C/SPI…

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SUN SENSOR (AQUILA series)

NewSpace Systems (NSS)
Price on request
  • Flight heritageOver 5 years in Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
  • Units deliveredOver 1000
  • Constellations baselined onMultiple (currently five different constellations)

The AQUILA series sun sensors provide reliable and accurate sun-angle measurements for spacecraft attitude determination and control, suitable…

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Mini Fine Sun Sensor (Mini-FSS)

Bradford Space
Price on request
  • Detector typeAnalogue quadrant detector
  • Axes2
  • Form factorCompact / lightweight

Compact, lightweight version of the Fine Sun Sensor for small satellites and CubeSats requiring precise sun-vector data.

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Fine Sun Sensor (FSS)

Bradford Space
Price on request
  • Detector typeAnalogue quadrant detector
  • Axes2
  • Output4 quadrant voltages + sun presence voltage

Analogue quadrant-detector sun sensor providing precise two-axis solar aspect angle for yaw steering and earth-pointing missions.

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Coarse Sun Sensor (CSS)

Bradford Space
Price on request
  • Field of viewHemispherical
  • RedundancySelf-redundant
  • In production since1975

Rugged self-redundant sun sensor delivering coarse solar position data for safe-mode and coarse maneuvering.

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CubeSat Sun Sensor SXC-SD-01-3U

SPUTNIX
Price on request
Mass 0.01 kg · Power 0.03 W

Two-axis digital sun sensor for nanosatellites. ±60° FOV, <0.3° accuracy, 31.3×27.5×10.3 mm, 7 g, CAN interface. Factory calibrated,…