Arcsec, founded in 2020 as a spin-off from the University of Leuven, is a Belgium-based company that develops high-accuracy attitude determination and control systems for small satellites. As a manufacturer of space components, Arcsec specializes in star trackers and reaction wheels, offering products like the Sagitta, Twinkle, and Scorpio star trackers. They partner with organizations such as the ESA and Neuraspace, contributing to space debris detection and next-generation attitude control systems.
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A 2023 partnership with Arcsec added star tracker-based debris detection to Neuraspace's system.
The ST-16RT2 from Rocket Lab has an absolute accuracy of 5–55 arcsec, a maximum slew rate of 3 deg/sec, a mass of 0.158 kg, a field of view of 7.5 x 10 deg (half-angle), requires a DC supply of 9–34 V, consumes up to 1 W, and measures 62 x 56 x 0.038 m.
Neuraspace has partnered with Arcsec to develop a new method to detect space debris.
Neuraspace has partnered with Arcsec to develop a new method of space debris detection that enables tracking of smaller objects and improved orbit calculations.
Arcsec has delivered 50 star trackers since its founding in 2020, mostly to commercial cubesats up to 150 kg in low Earth orbit, and two of those trackers have been launched to space so far.
Arcsec is working with Portuguese space traffic management venture Neuraspace on a debris-spotting star tracker expected to be demonstrated in space by 2025.
Arcsec received a 1,300,000 EUR grant from the European Innovation Council to support its star tracker upgrades.
Neuraspace has partnered with Arcsec to detect and characterize space debris using Arcsec’s space-based star trackers.
The Neuraspace–Arcsec partnership was announced from Coimbra, Portugal on 17 October 2023.