The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded British Aerospace Systems and Equipment (BASE) a study and research contract worth more than $100,000 to evaluate the use of the company's silicon gyroscope for use in the space agency's satellite programmes.
The BASA silicon vibrating structure gyroscope (VSG) is the world's first micro-machined silicon ring angular rate sensor. The VSG's possible space applications include spacecraft on-board failure detection, emergency fine pointing for solar panels, vibration detection and compensation, and control and navigation.
Source: Flight Daily News