Altitude Control System
Glavkosmos
An Altitude Control System (ACS) designed for spacecraft, providing orientation accuracy of 1 degree and stabilization accuracy of 30 deg. s/s, with communication via CAN and debug interfaces including USB and Bluetooth 3.0.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Power
- 2 W
- Design life
- 1 years
- Lead time
- 12 months
- TRL
- 6
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Purpose
- Used in spacecraft as a control system.
- Year of release
- 2018
- Design life
- LEO - 1 year
- Lead time
- 12 months
- Flight qualification of the product
- No
- Possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements
- Yes
- Orientation accuracy
- 1 deg
- Knowledge of orientation accuracy
- 0.1 deg
- Accuracy of stabilization on each axis
- 30 deg. s/s
- Average consumption in orientation mode
- no more 2 W
- Average consumption in maintain mode orientation
- 1 W
- Communication interface with sc subsystems
- CAN
- Debug interface
- USB. Bluetooth 3.0
About
The Altitude Control System (ACS) is a critical component for spacecraft, specifically designed for positioning in space. Released in 2018, it offers a guaranteed service life of 1 year in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The system provides precise orientation accuracy of 1 degree and knowledge of orientation accuracy at 0.1 degree. For stabilization, it achieves an accuracy of 30 deg. s/s on each axis. Power consumption is optimized, with an average consumption of no more than 2 Wt in orientation mode and 1 Wt in maintain mode orientation. It communicates with spacecraft subsystems via a CAN interface and offers debug capabilities through USB and Bluetooth 3.0. The manufacturer indicates the possibility to adapt the product to customer requirements, though flight qualification is not yet achieved. Estimated production and delivery time is 12 months.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.