Coarse Sun Sensor (Cosine Type) | Redwire Space

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Coarse Sun Sensor (Cosine Type)

OVERVIEW

The Redwire Coarse Sun Sensor (Cosine Type) is a small, lightweight sun sensor that offers approximate cosine and conical symmetry field of view capabilities.

Single Detector
Field of View (FOV): Approximate cosine, conical symmetry
Baffles can be provided to restrict the FOV
Coarse Sun Sensor (Cosine Type) is Rad hard >100 krad (Si)

APPLICATIONS

Solar-Array Pointing
Sun Acquisition
Fail-Safe Recovery

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