Satellite Guidance and Attitude Control
Overview
Think small. That was our focus when we partnered with Draper Laboratory to make micro electromechanical sensors (MEMS) technology work in guidance and navigation systems. A high-performance inertial package which used to require 33 cubic inches of space will be reduced to 2 cubic inches. Making it smaller and lighter has made it more economical. It's also the next big step to putting sophisticated guidance controls on a chip.Some additional facts:Additional solutions include:Miniature Inertial Measurement UnitHigh Performance Fiber Optic Gyro-Based Inertial Reference SystemMission Applications
- Tailored and enhanced our high-volume military inertial product for space applications
- Based on inertial measurement system of choice for future high-volume commercial and military programs
- Low cost, lightweight, low power, tactical performance
- Proven space flight heritage
- Inertial measurement system of choice for commercial and military programs
- Flown on geostationary earth orbit, low earth orbiting and deep-space-probe applications
- 100 percent mission success
- Low cost, lightweight, high performance
- Best-performing gyro ever manufactured, as validated by independent government labs
- Tailorable to unique program needs through sizing of fiber coil and fiber length
- Addresses long mission reliability requirements through redundancy
- Precision payload pointing and stabilization
- High-performance bus attitude control
- Low-drift, low-noise applications
Specifications
Key Differentiators
- Features & Benefits
- 100 percent mission success
- Based on inertial measurement system of choice for future high-volume commercial and military programs
- Best-performing gyro ever manufactured, as validated by independent government labs
- Flown on geostationary earth orbit, low earth orbiting and deep-space-probe applications
- High-performance bus attitude control
- Inertial measurement system of choice for commercial and military programs
- Low cost, lightweight, low power, tactical performance
- Low-drift, low-noise applications
- Precision payload pointing and stabilization
- Proven space flight heritage
- Tailorable to unique program needs through sizing of fiber coil and fiber length
- Tailored and enhanced our high-volume military inertial product for space applications
