Space Sensors

Collins Aerospace delivers advanced temperature, speed, and pressure sensors built for the harshest space environments. Our flight-proven solutions combine precision, durability, and deep systems integration, reducing integration complexity and verification costs while enabling trusted, high‑quality data. These sensors ensure stable, reliable performance throughout the full mission life. For example, the entire family of Collins cryogenic temperature sensors on the Space Shuttles remained within their initial calibrations even after as many as 126 engine cycles. They were also critical to the successful unfolding of the James Webb Space Telescope and continue to provide the precise measurements required for mirror control and image stability.

As the world enters a new era of space travel, Collins Aerospace is bringing forward space‑grade sensors that provide reliable data for engineers and enhance mission safety. Our heritage in space extends back to the early 1960s with the Rosemount Engineering Company, and since then Collins has participated in nearly every major space program, including Project Mercury, Saturn, Apollo, and the Space Shuttle programs, as well as the International Space Station, Orion, and the Space Launch System (SLS).

Our instruments are found on launch vehicles such as Atlas V, Delta IV, Vulcan, Ariane 5, Ariane 6, H3, Electron, Terran, and many more, as well as a broad range of satellites and scientific exploration missions. Collins sensors are making measurements throughout the solar system – on Voyager 1 and 2, on Mars with the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, on Saturn’s moon Titan through the Huygens Probe, and even into the Sun’s corona with the Parker Solar Probe.

Collins Aerospace continues its long legacy of delivering high‑reliability technologies and services that meet the evolving demands of the space industry – today and into the future.

It is exciting seeing the phrase “To the Moon!" become reality once more. Artemis’ successful mission is supported by Collins Aerospace sensors for the Space Launch System (SLS) Core Stage’s four RS-25 main engines, and the RL10 engine on the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS). Additionally, Collins Aerospace supplied the sensors enabling thrust vectoring for Orion’s attitude control systems and environmental sensors for inside the Orion Crew Module. We are excited to be part of enabling a return to our planetary neighbor. Contact us concerning your space sensing needs and discuss your plans with our engineers.