Design Improvement and Structural Analysis of a Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer Star Sensor "Baffle".

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For any space mission to be successful it is necessary to guide the satellite to revolve in the right orbit and gather all the required data without any flaws. Among the many spacecraft subsystems contributing in this regard, Star sensors are the attitude estimation sensors installed in the satellites in order to determine the exact location of the satellite. It helps to bring back the satellite to the required position if there is any deviation from its path. Star sensor captures the image of any of the predetermined reference star. This image is compared with that of the image of the same star captured from the Earth. By this comparison and with the help of star catalogs, digitizers and microprocessors, the attitude and inclination of the satellite is determined.

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