Earth Horizon Sensor
Plan-S (Connecta)
The Earth Horizon Sensor is a compact, low-power attitude determination sensor designed for CubeSat and MicroSat missions, providing reliable Earth-referenced orientation.
Typed specifications10 values
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- Accuracy
- 1 ° datasheet p.2
- Mass
- 24 g datasheet p.2
- Envelope (L×W×H)
- 40 x 25 x 20 mm datasheet p.2
- Supply voltage
- 5 V nom. · datasheet p.2
- Data interface
- CAN datasheet p.2 RS-485
- Connector
- Molex Micro-Lock Plus datasheet p.2
- Satellite class
- CubeSat datasheet p.1 MicroSat | microsat 10-100 kg
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- Measurement accuracy
- 1° (3σ)
- Supply voltage
- 5 V
- Maximum current
- 40 mA
- Mass
- 24 grams
- Dimensions
- 40 x 25 x 20 mm
- Interface
- 2x CAN & 1x RS-485
- Connector
- Molex Micro-Lock Plus
About
The Earth Horizon Sensor is a compact, low power attitude determination sensor designed to support reliable Earth referenced orientation for CubeSat and MicroSat missions. It processes the Earth’s horizon image to calculate the vector toward Earth’s center, using infrared based sensing to operate reliably in both sunlight and eclipse for stable Earth-pointing missions. This sensor offers performance efficiency and reliability by calculating the vector pointing to the center of the Earth from the image of the horizon, supporting accurate Earth referenced attitude determination. It provides stable Earth-pointing confidence for compact small satellite platforms to higher-moment microsatellite applications.
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