The AURIGA-SA from Sodern is a Star Tracker with a slew rate of 0.3-3 deg/sec and has a bias of 0.017 deg. This star tracker requires an optical head supply voltage of 5 V and has a power consumption of 0.8-1.1 W. It features baffle protection for the optical head for direct sun and earth illumination and Embedded software processing optical heads data and computing the attitude. The star tracker has an operating frequency of up to 10 Hz and an output rate of 8-10 Hz. It has an optical head mass of 205 g with an electronic unit mass of 315 g and measures 66 x 56 x 94 mm for the optical head with 91 x 117 x 25 mm fro the electronic unit. The AURIGA-SA has a lifetime of up to 10 years in LEO & GEO and 50 years of experiences with star trackers and is ideal for small satellites missions.
