Lens Research & Development

Lens R&D B.V. started operating as a private company om 1st of April 2012.

Lens R&D B.V. started operating as a private company om 1st of April 2012.

Focussing on high volume production of high reliability Sunsensors the company initially produced Sunsensors for solar concentrator and space applications.
Since the collapse of the concentrator market in 2015 the company has focused on space applications only.
10 years of qualification, modification and re-qualification led to two fully ESA qualified Sunsensors in 2022 (one day prior to its 10th anniversary).
Once qualified, significant growth led to a change in company structure from a private company to B.V. and the formal name was changed to Lens R&D B.V.
Currently working on the first ESA qualified single chip digital Sunsensor (IBIS) and its Cubesat variant (µIBIS), there are three analogue fine Sunsensors in full scale production.
The Bison64-ET and BiSon64-ET-B are fully ESA qualified and the MAUS has been taken through the same qualification program.