Digital Sun Sensor (±32°)

Redwire Digital Sun Sensors provide a large field of view with moderate accuracy and resolution.

Each system consists of one or more optical heads, each of which provides two axes of sun angle data.

Redwire ±32° Digital Sun Sensors provide better accuracy and resolution over a smaller field of view than the ±64° DSS. They are typically used for medium accuracy attitude determination. Systems can be configured with one or more optical heads per electronics.

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KEY SPECIFICATIONS

Parameters
Field of View

±32° x ±32° (each sensor)
Accuracy

±0.1°
LSB Size

0.125°
Input Power

28 ± 7 Vdc (other ranges available)

(Typical power dissipation 1 W)
Output

Serial data stream consisting of two 10-bit data words (typically) plus one dedicated sun presence bit.

Note: One word per axis, each consisting of 9 bits of sun angle data, and 1 identity bit.
Weight

Sensor
0.66 lb (0.3 kg) nominal

Electronics
2.2 lb nominal
Size (exclusive of connector)

Sensor
3.8” x 3.7” x 2.1” (96 x 94 x 53 mm)

Electronics
7.5” x 5” x 2.1” (190 x 127 x 53 mm)
Configuration
Number of Measurement Axes

2 (each sensor)
Number of Sensors

2 (1 each redundant side)

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