Altitude Control System
Compact ADCS (1 deg pointing, 0.1 deg knowledge, CAN/USB/BT interfaces) for small spacecraft, 2 W average power.
Technical specifications
- Purpose
- Spacecraft attitude control system
- Year of release
- 2018
- Guaranteed service life (LEO)
- 1 year
- Estimated production/delivery time
- 12 months
- Flight qualification
- Not yet flight qualified
- Customization
- Can be adapted to customer requirements
- Orientation accuracy
- 1 deg
- Orientation knowledge accuracy
- 0.1 deg
- Stabilization accuracy per axis
- 30 deg/s
- Average power (orientation mode)
- Not more than 2 W
- Average power (maintain mode)
- 1 W
- Spacecraft interface
- CAN
- Debug interface
- USB, Bluetooth 3.0
- TRL
- 6
About
The Altitude Control System (ACS) is a compact attitude determination and control system designed for use in small spacecraft. It provides 1-degree orientation accuracy and 0.1-degree knowledge of orientation accuracy, with attitude stabilization accuracy of 30 deg/s per axis. Average power consumption in orientation mode is no more than 2 W, dropping to 1 W in maintain-orientation mode. Interfaces include CAN bus for spacecraft subsystems, plus USB and Bluetooth 3.0 for debug. Released in 2018, 12-month delivery, adaptable to customer requirements.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
