Title
BepiColombo fine sun sensor
Author
Boslooper, E.C.
van der Heiden, N.
Naron, D.J.
Schmits, R.
van der Velde, J.J.
van Wakeren, J.M.O.
Contributor
Cugny, B. (editor)
Armandillo, E. (editor)
Karafolas, N. (editor)
Publication year
2012
Abstract
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.
Subject
Physics & Electronics
SSE - Space Systems Engineering
TS - Technical Sciences
High Tech Systems & Materials
Industrial Innovation
BepiColombo
Fine sun sensor
Heat rejection filter
Heat sinks
Mesh generation
Mesh filters
Quadrant detectors
Orbits
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2309172
TNO identifier
784937
Publisher
SPIE
ISBN
9781510616172
ISSN
0277-786X
Source
International Conference on Space Optics, ICSO 2012, 9-12 October 2012, Ajaccio, Corsica, France, 10564
Series
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Article number
105641P
Document type
conference paper