arcsec @ Nanosats Database

Entity name	arcsec
Previous names	CubeSat Pointing
Products Services	ADCS / AOCS Reaction Wheels Star Tracker
Country	Belgium
Created	2020
Funding	Yes
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Oneliner	Arcsec is a spinoff company of the KU Leuven university in Belgium. Arcsec develops high accuracy attitude determination and control systems for CubeSats and SmallSats. Our product portfolio includes fully autonomous attitude determination and control systems (ADCS), star trackers and reaction wheels.
Notes	First ADCS flying on SIMBA mission. Design of a Low Micro Vibration High Precision CubeSat Reaction Wheel, SmallSat 2023. Arcsec has made it so space debris tracking function could be remotely added to the existing star trackers the company built for spacecraft that are already in orbit. DeDUST (Debris Detection Using Star Trackers) project. Debris Detection Using Star Tracker Concept Verification, SmallSat 2024.
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Last modified: 2024-08-24