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<p>About Arcsec</p>

About Arcsec 5 years Arcsec



Arcsec was founded in 2020 as a spinoff company of the University of Leuven. We develop high accuracy attitude determination and control systems for small satellites. These are the systems that control the orientation of the satellite, to e.g. point instruments or solar panels in the desired direction.

Arcsec has sold systems to companies, research institutes and universities all around the world. Our products have been launched on board of satellites and re-entry capsules. Many of them are circling around the world and some are even bound for an asteroid in interplanetary space.

Event Timeline
2012
- Start of research activities
at University of Leuven
2020
- Simba launch (first star tracker & ADCS)
- Spin-off from University of Leuven
2021
- First commercial sales of
- Sagitta star tracker
2022
- First 50 star trackers sold
2023
- First commercial flight heritage
- First 100 star trackers sold
- 10 employees
- Scorpio star tracker developed & tested
- DeDUST development (EIC funding)
2024
- Zyra reaction wheel developed & tested
- 200 star trackers sold
- 20 employees

5 Years in Orbit, New HQ, same mission: reaching for the stars. 










Key Products


Sagitta

Sagitta is arcsec’s standard star tracker. It is fully autonomous, fits in a CubeSat, has an integrated baffle and has an accuracy of 2 arcsec (1σ).

Scorpio

Small-sat star tracker with high reliability components and custom baffle

Twinkle

Our smallest star tracker, allowing for multiple star trackers on the same satellite

Zyra

Arcsec’s new reaction wheel with high torque and low microvibration levels

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