News > Start of the ARGO project

EICAS is proud to announce the start of the ARGO project on October 1st 2016, under a grant of the H2020 SME Instrument!

The goal of the ARGO project – coordinated by EICAS – is the development and validation of a highly accurate, flexible, robust and scalable multicamera system for spacecraft autonomous attitude determination through low cost cameras.

The ARGO project addresses the sector of Spacecraft Attitude Determination from star measurements which is a critical element of the Attitude and Orbit Control System (AOCS) for any spacecraft. Nowadays the need of high accuracy for demanding satellite missions is achievable through high-quality star trackers, but high costs and lack of flexibility are still a gap to overcome for covering the needs of emerging space markets, like the ones related to low mass and size satellites, called SmallSats.

ARGO proposes an innovative multicamera system for spacecraft autonomous attitude determination by means of star observation, able to offer high flexibility, robustness, accuracy, scalability and significant reduction of production costs compared to products currently on the market.