BepiColombo fine sun sensor

conference paper
2012
Boslooper, E.C.

Heiden, N. van der

Naron, D.J.

Schmits, R.

Velde, J.J. van der

Wakeren, J.M.O. van
Design, development and verification of the passive Fine Sun Sensor (FSS) for the BepiColombo spacecraft is described. Major challenge in the design is to keep the detector at acceptable temperature levels while exposed to a solar flux intensity exceeding 10 times what is experienced in Earth orbit. A mesh type Heat Rejection Filter has been developed. The overall sensor design and its performance verification program is described.
Topics
BepiColomboFine sun sensorHeat rejection filterHeat sinksMesh generationMesh filtersQuadrant detectorsOrbits
TNO Identifier
784937
Repository link
https://resolver.tno.nl/uuid:d5f55252-607b-4ef4-b7f8-f7e5fd21a342
ISSN
0277786X
ISBN
9781510616172
Publisher
SPIE
Article nr.
105641P
Source title
International Conference on Space Optics, ICSO 2012, 9-12 October 2012, Ajaccio, Corsica, France
Editor(s)
Cugny, B.
Armandillo, E.
Karafolas, N.
Collation
6 p.
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