Blue Canyon Technologies nano star tracker (NST)
Blue Canyon Technologies
The Blue Canyon Technologies nano star tracker (NST) is a flight-proven, high-performing, and reliable star tracker designed for spacecraft platforms, offering a low SWaP-C solution.
Typed specifications1 values
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- Design lifetime
- 5 years as published, mode unspecified · vendor page (catalogue a
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As published by the supplier7 lines, in the manufacturer's own wording
- 1p8s
- 1 string × 8 Li-ion cells in series
- 2p8s
- 2 strings × 8 Li-ion cells; ~2× energy of 1P8S
- Ip8s
- Integrated pack variant
- Chemistry
- Li-ion
- Compatible buses
- BCT XB3, XB6, XB12, XB16 (XB1 avionics stack)
- Mission life
- 5-year design life baseline
- Applications
- LEO, GEO, cislunar, deep space
About
The Blue Canyon Technologies nano star tracker (NST) is an industry-trusted, flight-proven, high-performing, and reliable star tracker. It is compatible across various spacecraft platforms and is suitable for even the most challenging and sensitive missions. The NST is qualified beyond GEVS level environments, providing customers with a low Size, Weight, Power, and Cost (SWaP-C) solution while maintaining stunning capabilities. This turnkey system offers ‘starlight-in, quaternion-out’ functionality, ensuring easy integration into spacecraft. It is capable of tracking stars down to 7.5 magnitude and features an on-board star catalog containing more than 20,000 stars, making it an ideal fit for standalone missions or constellations.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.