SBIR/STTR Research Award
Ultra-small, low-cost Earth horizon sensor
Award amount
$69,965Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Siwave, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
SiWave proposes to develop a novel Earth horizon sensor that is made possible by recently developed MEMS (micro electro mechanical systems) processing techniques. SiWave?s MEMS devices enable a precise location of the Earth horizon with large angular range. A MEMS Earth horizon sensor, when compared with current state-of-the-art Earth horizon sensors provides for three orders-of-magnitude reductions in size, reduced power consumption, lower cost, and increased functionality and flexibility.
Technology keywords
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