{"id":8477,"date":"2023-06-15T18:13:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T10:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rocket-lab-introduces-new-high-performance-star-tracker-for-small-spacecraft\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T18:13:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T10:13:00","slug":"rocket-lab-introduces-new-high-performance-star-tracker-for-small-spacecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rocket-lab-introduces-new-high-performance-star-tracker-for-small-spacecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocket Lab Introduces New High-Performance Star Tracker for Small Spacecraft"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Rocket<\/p>\n

Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies has introduced a new high-performance star tracker for small satellites and spacecraft. The ST-16RT2 star tracker is extensively flown and tested by Rocket Lab with more than 90 currently in orbit.<\/p>\n

The ST-16RT2 star tracker uses a 2592 x 1944 CMOS active-pixel sensor and provides attitude quaternion and angular rates at 2 Hz Zero initial acquisition time. It has an accuracy of up to 55 arcseconds around boresight (RMS) and a maximum slew rate of 3 degrees\/second. The star tracker comes with 3 baffle options with a minimum field of view of 7.5 x 10-degree half-angle. <\/p>\n

The star tracker has a processor and star catalog built into the unit and supports two half-duplex RS-485 interfaces for command. It can also share data links with Rocket Lab reaction wheels. The ST-16RT2 lens is a full-custom 16 mm f\/1.6 4-element glass that is designed for shock and vacuum. The star tracker has a lifetime of up to 13 years in low-earth orbit (800 km) and up to 9 years in geostationary orbit.<\/p>\n

Click here to view other Star Trackers from various manufacturers listed on SATNow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rocket Lab USA, one of the leading launch and space systems companies has introduced a new high-performance star tracker for small satellites and spacecraft. The ST-16RT2 star tracker is extensively flown and tested by Rocket Lab with more than 90 currently in orbit. The ST-16RT2 star tracker uses a 2592 x 1944 CMOS active-pixel sensor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,81,20,37],"class_list":["post-8477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-reaction-wheels","tag-satellite","tag-star-trackers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8477"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8477\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}