Expanding the spacecraft application base with MEMS gyros

Tye Brady

doi:10.1117/12.873909

18 February 2011 Expanding the spacecraft application base with MEMS gyros

Tye Brady

Proceedings Volume 7928, Reliability, Packaging, Testing, and Characterization of MEMS/MOEMS and Nanodevices X; 79280J (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873909
Event: SPIE MOEMS-MEMS, 2011, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

MEMS devices have a promising future in space given their inherent low power, low volume, and low mass qualities. In December of 2006, flight testing of the Inertial Stellar Compass (ISC) onboard the Air Force TacSat-2 spacecraft qualified and demonstrated superb MEMS gyros performance in the relevant space environment over a variety of conditions. This development helped reduce the risk and cost associated with selecting MEMS based gyro devices for future space missions further providing spacecraft designers with the full benefits of this new sensor technology. Since the ISC flight, various spaceflight applications in need of low power and low mass rate solutions have been enabled and envisioned for use within the spacecraft application base. This paper describes prior history, proposed applications, and future benefits with the inclusion of MEMS gyros in the spacecraft domain.

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Tye Brady "Expanding the spacecraft application base with MEMS gyros", Proc. SPIE 7928, Reliability, Packaging, Testing, and Characterization of MEMS/MOEMS and Nanodevices X, 79280J (18 February 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.873909

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