Sun Sensor Articles & Analysis
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Where we have been able to complete all the deliverables without any delay” Our capacity to supply major agencies and companies like NASA, ESA or OneWeb is the result of rigorous and enthusiastic teamwork. To discover the keys to this success, and how to ensure that products always arrive reliably and on time, even in situations like the present with the war between Russia and Ukraine, we ...
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) announced a total PV installation target of 18.1GW for 2016, within which 12.6 GW are for standard types of PV installations, including both ground-mounted PV and distributed PV ...
At Solar MEMS we are fascinated by sun sensors: they are our core products and we know them inside out. Today, we would like to explain how the most common types of sun sensors available in the aerospace market work. Sun sensors are navigation instruments that are used in space to establish the ...
Solar MEMS has established itself as one of the main suppliers for solar sensors in the global aerospace market. This success has been founded on technology that has constantly advanced, and a development team that is fully dedicated to meeting the challenges that are set for it. Today we are focusing on Production Manager Isaac Fernández, a man who thrives on the day-to-day challenges of ...
Of all the sources of energy for our planet, the Sun is one of the most powerful, at Solar Mems we know this, and a large part of our technology is centred on our star. The Sun is a source of renewable and inexhaustible power, with limitless potential to resolve our environmental problems and even the socio-economic issues derived from our dependence on oil and ...
Project name: Design and Development of a Solar Sensor for Satellite Constellations. Industry: Space Description: The project consists on the design and development of a robust and high reliable coarse sun sensor for attitude control to be used in constellations of satellites. The general objectives of the project are: To increase the ...
Solar MEMS team participated in the design and development of an heliostat with sun sensors for a high accurate aiming of the sun rays, to concentrate the solar power into the receive. ...
It includes experiments from several companies: an hydrogen fuel cell, an UHF/VHF transceiver, an advanced ADC software, a startracker and a sun sensor from Solar MEMS. This was the first satellite fully integrated by Test in Space team (Solar MEMS Technologies). ...
On the top side there are four UHF monopoles. The solar sensors and the Vectorsol experiment are located in the middle tray, being all the other equipment and experiments located inside the satellite. The vectorsol experiment was composed by several SSOC sun sensors from Solar MEMS team. It was succesfully tested and operated in orbit. ...
Main payload are two greenhouses each as a pressurized closed loop system simulating the environmental conditions of the Moon or Mars and also on long duration missions. Numerous cameras and sensors will observe the growth of tomatoes in space. This mission will run for a year. ...
The cutting-edge technology that Solar Mems´applies to its high-precision solar sensors is widely used in space by the main international organizations in the sector, such as the European Space Agency. These remarkable achievements were only made possible by relying on a team of such highly motivated and qualified experts as Manuel Rodríguez, the CTO of Solar Mems. We interviewed him ...
Its Tiny size, low weight and low power consumption make NanoSSOC sun sensor the best ADCS solution for nanosatellite platforms like Cubesats. NanoSSOC sun sensor is based on MEMS fabrication processes to achieve high integrated sensing structures. It provides high sensitivity thanks to the geometrical dimensions of the design, ...
However, you may forget about the impact the sun has on them. Nowadays the sun is an essential part of any space and other high technology projects. So, why should we use solar sensors for satellites? Solar sensors are necessary for any satellite development process. They are used for sun-tracking in order to ...
That’s why we created Solar MEMS and discovered our passion: solar sensors. We are all aware of the importance of satellites and their correct functioning and optimization. Solar Mems is specialized in Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technologies applied to high-precision solar sensors for those satellites, and other high-tech markets. Have you ...
Solar MEMS is world-renowned because we built the smallest and most accurate solar sensors in regards to space equipment. We are specialized in Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) technologies applied to high-precision solar sensors for space – and other high-tech markets – which is a rare occupation for most of the population as you might guess. But what really characterizes us ...