The global Sun Sensor market size is predicted to grow from US$ 36.1 million in 2025 to US$ 70.6 million in 2031; it is expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.8% from 2025 to 2031.
A sun sensor is a navigational instrument used by spacecraft to detect the position of the sun. Sun sensors are used for attitude control, solar array pointing, gyro updating, and fail-safe recovery. There are various types of sun sensors, which differ in their technology and performance characteristics. Sun presence sensors provide a binary output, indicating when the sun is within the sensor"s field of view. Analog and digital sun sensors, in contrast, indicate the angle of the sun by continuous and discrete signal outputs, respectively. This report studies the sun sensor in space market.
The main global Sun Sensor players include Bradford Space, NewSpace Systems, Adcole Space, GOMSpace, Space Micro, etc. The top five Sun Sensor players account for approximately 13% of the total global market. North America is the world"s largest consumer market for Sun Sensor, accounting for about 73%, followed by Europe and Asia-Pacific. In terms of type, Coarse Analog Sun Sensors is the largest segment, with a share about 48%. And in terms of application, the largest application is LEO, followed by GEO.
The “Sun Sensor Industry Forecast” looks at past sales and reviews total world Sun Sensor sales in 2024, providing a comprehensive analysis by region and market sector of projected Sun Sensor sales for 2025 through 2031. With Sun Sensor sales broken down by region, market sector and sub-sector, this report provides a detailed analysis in US$ millions of the world Sun Sensor industry.
This Insight Report provides a comprehensive analysis of the global Sun Sensor landscape and highlights key trends related to product segmentation, company formation, revenue, and market share, latest development, and M&A activity. This report also analyzes the strategies of leading global companies with a focus on Sun Sensor portfolios and capabilities, market entry strategies, market positions, and geographic footprints, to better understand these firms’ unique position in an accelerating global Sun Sensor market.
This Insight Report evaluates the key market trends, drivers, and affecting factors shaping the global outlook for Sun Sensor and breaks down the forecast by Type, by Application, geography, and market size to highlight emerging pockets of opportunity. With a transparent methodology based on hundreds of bottom-up qualitative and quantitative market inputs, this study forecast offers a highly nuanced view of the current state and future trajectory in the global Sun Sensor.
This report presents a comprehensive overview, market shares, and growth opportunities of Sun Sensor market by product type, application, key manufacturers and key regions and countries.
Segmentation by Type:
Coarse Analog Sun Sensors
Fine Analog Sun Sensors
Digital Sun Sensors
Segmentation by Application:
LEO
GEO
MEO
Others
This report also splits the market by region:
Americas
United States
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
APAC
China
Japan
Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Australia
Europe
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Russia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Turkey
GCC Countries
The below companies that are profiled have been selected based on inputs gathered from primary experts and analysing the company's coverage, product portfolio, its market penetration.
NewSpace Systems
Bradford Space
Adcole Space
GOMSpace
Space Micro
CubeSpace
Antrix Corporation
Hyperion Technologies
Sputnix
German Orbital Systems
Space Inventor
Needronix
Cosats
Leonardo
LENS R&D
Crystal Space
Solar MEMS Technologies
Chang Guang Satellite
Tensor Tech
Optical Energy Technologies
Jena-Optronik GmbH
CASC – SAST Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Tech
SpaceTech GmbH
Key Questions Addressed in this Report
What is the 10-year outlook for the global Sun Sensor market?
What factors are driving Sun Sensor market growth, globally and by region?
Which technologies are poised for the fastest growth by market and region?
How do Sun Sensor market opportunities vary by end market size?
How does Sun Sensor break out by Type, by Application?
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1 Scope of the Report
1.1 Market Introduction
1.2 Years Considered
1.3 Research Objectives
1.4 Market Research Methodology
1.5 Research Process and Data Source
1.6 Economic Indicators
1.7 Currency Considered
1.8 Market Estimation Caveats
2 Executive Summary
2.1 World Market Overview
2.1.1 Global Sun Sensor Annual Sales 2020-2031
2.1.2 World Current & Future Analysis for Sun Sensor by Geographic Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.1.3 World Current & Future Analysis for Sun Sensor by Country/Region, 2020, 2024 & 2031
2.2 Sun Sensor Segment by Type
2.2.1 Coarse Analog Sun Sensors
2.2.2 Fine Analog Sun Sensors
2.2.3 Digital Sun Sensors
2.3 Sun Sensor Sales by Type
2.3.1 Global Sun Sensor Sales Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.2 Global Sun Sensor Revenue and Market Share by Type (2020-2025)
2.3.3 Global Sun Sensor Sale Price by Type (2020-2025)
2.4 Sun Sensor Segment by Application
2.4.1 LEO
2.4.2 GEO
2.4.3 MEO
2.4.4 Others
2.5 Sun Sensor Sales by Application
2.5.1 Global Sun Sensor Sale Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.2 Global Sun Sensor Revenue and Market Share by Application (2020-2025)
2.5.3 Global Sun Sensor Sale Price by Application (2020-2025)
3 Global by Company
3.1 Global Sun Sensor Breakdown Data by Company
3.1.1 Global Sun Sensor Annual Sales by Company (2020-2025)
3.1.2 Global Sun Sensor Sales Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Sun Sensor Annual Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.1 Global Sun Sensor Revenue by Company (2020-2025)
3.2.2 Global Sun Sensor Revenue Market Share by Company (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Sun Sensor Sale Price by Company
3.4 Key Manufacturers Sun Sensor Producing Area Distribution, Sales Area, Product Type
3.4.1 Key Manufacturers Sun Sensor Product Location Distribution
3.4.2 Players Sun Sensor Products Offered
3.5 Market Concentration Rate Analysis
3.5.1 Competition Landscape Analysis
3.5.2 Concentration Ratio (CR3, CR5 and CR10) & (2023-2025)
3.6 New Products and Potential Entrants
3.7 Market M&A Activity & Strategy
4 World Historic Review for Sun Sensor by Geographic Region
4.1 World Historic Sun Sensor Market Size by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.1 Global Sun Sensor Annual Sales by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.1.2 Global Sun Sensor Annual Revenue by Geographic Region (2020-2025)
4.2 World Historic Sun Sensor Market Size by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.1 Global Sun Sensor Annual Sales by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Sun Sensor Annual Revenue by Country/Region (2020-2025)
4.3 Americas Sun Sensor Sales Growth
4.4 APAC Sun Sensor Sales Growth
4.5 Europe Sun Sensor Sales Growth
4.6 Middle East & Africa Sun Sensor Sales Growth
5 Americas
5.1 Americas Sun Sensor Sales by Country
5.1.1 Americas Sun Sensor Sales by Country (2020-2025)
5.1.2 Americas Sun Sensor Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
5.2 Americas Sun Sensor Sales by Type (2020-2025)
5.3 Americas Sun Sensor Sales by Application (2020-2025)
5.4 United States
5.5 Canada
5.6 Mexico
5.7 Brazil
6 APAC
6.1 APAC Sun Sensor Sales by Region
6.1.1 APAC Sun Sensor Sales by Region (2020-2025)
6.1.2 APAC Sun Sensor Revenue by Region (2020-2025)
6.2 APAC Sun Sensor Sales by Type (2020-2025)
6.3 APAC Sun Sensor Sales by Application (2020-2025)
6.4 China
6.5 Japan
6.6 South Korea
6.7 Southeast Asia
6.8 India
6.9 Australia
6.10 China Taiwan
7 Europe
7.1 Europe Sun Sensor by Country
7.1.1 Europe Sun Sensor Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.2 Europe Sun Sensor Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
7.2 Europe Sun Sensor Sales by Type (2020-2025)
7.3 Europe Sun Sensor Sales by Application (2020-2025)
7.4 Germany
7.5 France
7.6 UK
7.7 Italy
7.8 Russia
8 Middle East & Africa
8.1 Middle East & Africa Sun Sensor by Country
8.1.1 Middle East & Africa Sun Sensor Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.2 Middle East & Africa Sun Sensor Revenue by Country (2020-2025)
8.2 Middle East & Africa Sun Sensor Sales by Type (2020-2025)
8.3 Middle East & Africa Sun Sensor Sales by Application (2020-2025)
8.4 Egypt
8.5 South Africa
8.6 Israel
8.7 Turkey
8.8 GCC Countries
9 Market Drivers, Challenges and Trends
9.1 Market Drivers & Growth Opportunities
9.2 Market Challenges & Risks
9.3 Industry Trends
10 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
10.1 Raw Material and Suppliers
10.2 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis of Sun Sensor
10.3 Manufacturing Process Analysis of Sun Sensor
10.4 Industry Chain Structure of Sun Sensor
11 Marketing, Distributors and Customer
11.1 Sales Channel
11.1.1 Direct Channels
11.1.2 Indirect Channels
11.2 Sun Sensor Distributors
11.3 Sun Sensor Customer
12 World Forecast Review for Sun Sensor by Geographic Region
12.1 Global Sun Sensor Market Size Forecast by Region
12.1.1 Global Sun Sensor Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.1.2 Global Sun Sensor Annual Revenue Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.2 Americas Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.3 APAC Forecast by Region (2026-2031)
12.4 Europe Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.5 Middle East & Africa Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12.6 Global Sun Sensor Forecast by Type (2026-2031)
12.7 Global Sun Sensor Forecast by Application (2026-2031)
13 Key Players Analysis
13.1 NewSpace Systems
13.1.1 NewSpace Systems Company Information
13.1.2 NewSpace Systems Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.1.3 NewSpace Systems Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.1.4 NewSpace Systems Main Business Overview
13.1.5 NewSpace Systems Latest Developments
13.2 Bradford Space
13.2.1 Bradford Space Company Information
13.2.2 Bradford Space Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.2.3 Bradford Space Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.2.4 Bradford Space Main Business Overview
13.2.5 Bradford Space Latest Developments
13.3 Adcole Space
13.3.1 Adcole Space Company Information
13.3.2 Adcole Space Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.3.3 Adcole Space Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.3.4 Adcole Space Main Business Overview
13.3.5 Adcole Space Latest Developments
13.4 GOMSpace
13.4.1 GOMSpace Company Information
13.4.2 GOMSpace Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.4.3 GOMSpace Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.4.4 GOMSpace Main Business Overview
13.4.5 GOMSpace Latest Developments
13.5 Space Micro
13.5.1 Space Micro Company Information
13.5.2 Space Micro Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.5.3 Space Micro Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.5.4 Space Micro Main Business Overview
13.5.5 Space Micro Latest Developments
13.6 CubeSpace
13.6.1 CubeSpace Company Information
13.6.2 CubeSpace Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.6.3 CubeSpace Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.6.4 CubeSpace Main Business Overview
13.6.5 CubeSpace Latest Developments
13.7 Antrix Corporation
13.7.1 Antrix Corporation Company Information
13.7.2 Antrix Corporation Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.7.3 Antrix Corporation Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.7.4 Antrix Corporation Main Business Overview
13.7.5 Antrix Corporation Latest Developments
13.8 Hyperion Technologies
13.8.1 Hyperion Technologies Company Information
13.8.2 Hyperion Technologies Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.8.3 Hyperion Technologies Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.8.4 Hyperion Technologies Main Business Overview
13.8.5 Hyperion Technologies Latest Developments
13.9 Sputnix
13.9.1 Sputnix Company Information
13.9.2 Sputnix Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.9.3 Sputnix Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.9.4 Sputnix Main Business Overview
13.9.5 Sputnix Latest Developments
13.10 German Orbital Systems
13.10.1 German Orbital Systems Company Information
13.10.2 German Orbital Systems Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.10.3 German Orbital Systems Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.10.4 German Orbital Systems Main Business Overview
13.10.5 German Orbital Systems Latest Developments
13.11 Space Inventor
13.11.1 Space Inventor Company Information
13.11.2 Space Inventor Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.11.3 Space Inventor Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.11.4 Space Inventor Main Business Overview
13.11.5 Space Inventor Latest Developments
13.12 Needronix
13.12.1 Needronix Company Information
13.12.2 Needronix Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.12.3 Needronix Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.12.4 Needronix Main Business Overview
13.12.5 Needronix Latest Developments
13.13 Cosats
13.13.1 Cosats Company Information
13.13.2 Cosats Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.13.3 Cosats Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.13.4 Cosats Main Business Overview
13.13.5 Cosats Latest Developments
13.14 Leonardo
13.14.1 Leonardo Company Information
13.14.2 Leonardo Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.14.3 Leonardo Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.14.4 Leonardo Main Business Overview
13.14.5 Leonardo Latest Developments
13.15 LENS R&D
13.15.1 LENS R&D Company Information
13.15.2 LENS R&D Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.15.3 LENS R&D Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.15.4 LENS R&D Main Business Overview
13.15.5 LENS R&D Latest Developments
13.16 Crystal Space
13.16.1 Crystal Space Company Information
13.16.2 Crystal Space Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.16.3 Crystal Space Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.16.4 Crystal Space Main Business Overview
13.16.5 Crystal Space Latest Developments
13.17 Solar MEMS Technologies
13.17.1 Solar MEMS Technologies Company Information
13.17.2 Solar MEMS Technologies Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.17.3 Solar MEMS Technologies Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.17.4 Solar MEMS Technologies Main Business Overview
13.17.5 Solar MEMS Technologies Latest Developments
13.18 Chang Guang Satellite
13.18.1 Chang Guang Satellite Company Information
13.18.2 Chang Guang Satellite Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.18.3 Chang Guang Satellite Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.18.4 Chang Guang Satellite Main Business Overview
13.18.5 Chang Guang Satellite Latest Developments
13.19 Tensor Tech
13.19.1 Tensor Tech Company Information
13.19.2 Tensor Tech Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.19.3 Tensor Tech Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.19.4 Tensor Tech Main Business Overview
13.19.5 Tensor Tech Latest Developments
13.20 Optical Energy Technologies
13.20.1 Optical Energy Technologies Company Information
13.20.2 Optical Energy Technologies Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.20.3 Optical Energy Technologies Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.20.4 Optical Energy Technologies Main Business Overview
13.20.5 Optical Energy Technologies Latest Developments
13.21 Jena-Optronik GmbH
13.21.1 Jena-Optronik GmbH Company Information
13.21.2 Jena-Optronik GmbH Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.21.3 Jena-Optronik GmbH Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.21.4 Jena-Optronik GmbH Main Business Overview
13.21.5 Jena-Optronik GmbH Latest Developments
13.22 CASC – SAST Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Tech
13.22.1 CASC – SAST Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Tech Company Information
13.22.2 CASC – SAST Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Tech Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.22.3 CASC – SAST Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Tech Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.22.4 CASC – SAST Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Tech Main Business Overview
13.22.5 CASC – SAST Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Tech Latest Developments
13.23 SpaceTech GmbH
13.23.1 SpaceTech GmbH Company Information
13.23.2 SpaceTech GmbH Sun Sensor Product Portfolios and Specifications
13.23.3 SpaceTech GmbH Sun Sensor Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
13.23.4 SpaceTech GmbH Main Business Overview
13.23.5 SpaceTech GmbH Latest Developments
14 Research Findings and Conclusion
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