The Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) has developed a miniature Star Camera based on its Digital Imaging Space Camera (DISC) product line. The DISC Star Camera is a science-enabling technology for missions that require more stringent pointing knowledge than is currently available on extremely small satellites. Using a radiation-hardened focal plane, it is able to detect down to magnitude 6 stars.

Star Tracker Option

Also available is SDL’s DISC Star Tracking Algorithm with a complete ‘Lost in Space’ solution for each image. The algorithm computes a quaternion that rotates the bore of each image to the J2000 inertial coordinate frame of the Hipparcos Star Catalog.