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Dual-Purpose Star Tracker and Space Debris Detector: Miniature Instrument for Small Satellites

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datacite.subject.fosEngenharia e Tecnologia::Engenharia Mecânica
datacite.subject.sdg13:Ação Climática
datacite.subject.sdg12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis
datacite.subject.sdg09:Indústria, Inovação e Infraestruturas
dc.contributor.authorBeltran Nadal Arribas
dc.contributor.authorMaia, João G.
dc.contributor.authorCastanheira, João Pedro Conceição
dc.contributor.authorFilho, Joel Alves Costa
dc.contributor.authorMelício, Rui
dc.contributor.authorGordo, Paulo Romeu Seabra
dc.contributor.authorOnderwater, Hugo
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, Rui
dc.contributor.authorSilva, André Resende Rodrigues da
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-29T11:24:57Z
dc.date.available2025-12-29T11:24:57Z
dc.date.issued2025-07-15
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents the conception, design and real miniature instrument implementation of a dual-purpose sensor for small satellites that can act as a star tracker and space debris detector. In the previous research work, the authors conceived, designed and implemented a breadboard consisting of a computer laptop, a camera interface and camera controller, an image sensor, an optics system, a temperature sensor and a temperature controller. It showed that the instrument was feasible. In this paper, a new real star tracker miniature instrument is designed, physically realized and tested. The implementation follows a New Space approach; it is made with Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) components with space heritage. The instrument’s development, implementation and testing are presented.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipJoel Filho acknowledges the support provided by the scholarship in the framework of the ESA Co-Sponsored Research Agreement, reference I-2022-04378, with the title Space Debris Algorithms on Satellite Constellation Pictures for Debris Characterisation and Orbit Determination through FCi\u00EAncias.ID, Universidade de Lisboa. The authors acknowledge the support provided by the research project Mobilizing Agenda: New Space Portugal (Ref. C644936537-00000046, Notice ACC02/CO5-i01/2022), funded by the \u201CMobilizing Agendas for Business Innovation\u201D through the \u201CRecovery and Resilience Program (PRR)\u201D; authors acknowledge Funda\u00E7\u00E3o para a Ci\u00EAncia e a Tecnologia (FCT) for its financial support via the following projects: LIP Base Funding (UID/50007/2023); LAETA Base Funding (DOI: 10.54499/UIDB/50022/2020); LAETA Programmatic Funding (DOI: 10.54499/UIDP/50022/2020) and INESCTEC (DOI: 10.54499/UIDB/50014/2020); and OSiRIS (DOI: 10.54499/2023.15325.PEX) and IPL/IDI&CA2024/CSAT-OBC_ISEL, financed by the 9th edition of IDI&CA.
dc.identifier.citationArribas, B.N.; Maia, J.G.; Castanheira, J.P.; Filho, J.; Melicio, R.; Onderwater, H.; Gordo, P.; Duarte, R.P.; Silva, A.R.R. Dual-Purpose Star Tracker and Space Debris Detector: Miniature Instrument for Small Satellites. J. Sens. Actuator Netw. 2025, 14, 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/jsan14040075
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/jsan14040075
dc.identifier.issn2224-2708
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/19629
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relationLaboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas
dc.relationAssociate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics
dc.relationAssociate Laboratory of Energy, Transports and Aeronautics UIDP/50022/2020
dc.relationINESC TEC - Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://www.mdpi.com/2224-2708/14/4/75
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectMiniature Instrument
dc.subjectStar Tracker Sensor
dc.subjectSpace Debris Detector
dc.subjectSmall Satellites
dc.subjectImage Sensor
dc.subjectMicroprocessor
dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectParallel Interface
dc.titleDual-Purpose Star Tracker and Space Debris Detector: Miniature Instrument for Small Satelliteseng
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oaire.citation.titleJournal of Sensor and Actuator Networks
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