DOI 11
UDC 520.6: 629.78
ANALYSIS OF CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BOKZ STAR TRACKERS FAMILY
Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor, Chief Scientist
R. V. Bessonov
Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences; Head of Department
A. A. Forsh
Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences; Leading Researcher
M. I. Kudelin
Space Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences; Chief Project Designer
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Abstract. The history of development of the BOKZ family of star trackers created at the Optical-Physical department of the Space Research Institute (IKI RAN) is briefly described. Further ways to improve the star trackers using CMOS and PLD are outlined. Various configurations of star trackers with external optical heads are presented. Integration of tri-axial angular velocity sensors based on the MEMS technology into the star trackers is justified.
Keywords:
spacecraft, star sensor orientation, BOKZ, CCD, CMOS matrix, optical head, angular velocity sensor, MEMS
