Low-cost Raspberry Pi star sensor for small satellites

Bharat P. Chandra; Mayuresh Sarpotdar; Binukumar G. Nair; Richa Rai; Rekhesh Mohan; Joice Mathew; Margarita Safonova; Jayant Murthy

doi:10.1117/1.JATIS.8.3.036002

Low-cost Raspberry Pi star sensor for small satellites

Bharat P. Chandra^*, Mayuresh Sarpotdar, Binukumar G. Nair, Richa Rai, Rekhesh Mohan, Joice Mathew, Margarita Safonova, Jayant Murthy

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We present a low-cost Raspberry Pi-based star sensor StarberrySense using commercial-off-the-shelf components, developed and built for applications in small satellites and CubeSat-based missions. A star sensor is one of the essential instruments on board a satellite for attitude determination. However, most commercially available star sensors are expensive and too bulky for use in small satellite missions. StarberrySense is a configurable system—it can operate as an imaging camera, a centroiding camera, or a star sensor. We describe the algorithms implemented in the sensor, its assembly, and its calibration. This payload was selected by a recent announcement of an opportunity call for payloads to fly on the PS4-Orbital Platform by the Indian Space Research Organization.

Original language	English
Article number	036002
Journal	Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.8.3.036002
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2022

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