SPUTNIX

Updated 9 Jul 2026
Manufacturer Russia Listed
130 Products
15 Years Active
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About SPUTNIX

SPUTNIX (SPUTNIX LLC, SPUTNIKS LLC) is a Russian designer and manufacturer of small-satellite hardware, founded in 2011 in Moscow as a spin-off of the Satellite Technology Division of SCANEX. The company develops and produces CubeSat platforms (OrbiCraft-Pro line in 1U/3U/6U/12U form factors), onboard subsystems (on-board computers, ADCS sensors and actuators, radio/communication modules, power systems, thermal control units), ground stations, and test equipment, and is based at the Skolkovo Technopark in Moscow.

On August 25, 2021, SITRONICS Group (a subsidiary of AFK Sistema) acquired 71.06% of SPUTNIX's shares. Sitronics Group is a large, diversified Russian technology holding whose own corporate site (sitronics.com) covers unrelated business lines (servers, EV charging, industrial IoT, satellite-data services) and does not carry a cubesat-hardware product catalog. SPUTNIX continues to operate under its own brand and product line, with its own website (sputnix.ru) hosting the full, current hardware catalog; this listing therefore uses "SPUTNIX" as the trading name and sputnix.ru as the canonical website, while noting Sitronics Group as its parent/majority shareholder.

SPUTNIX's product line has substantial flight heritage, including the TabletSat-Aurora and OrbiCraft-Pro/Zorkiy CubeSat missions, and its onboard software and ADCS algorithms have been flight-qualified across multiple missions. The company also operates or supplies ground-segment infrastructure (mission control centers, ground stations) and test facilities (anechoic chamber, air-bearing tables) supporting its satellite hardware business.

Milestones

  • 2011 SPUTNIX founded in Moscow as a spin-off of SCANEX's Satellite Technology Division.
  • 2021 SITRONICS Group (a subsidiary of AFK Sistema) acquires 71.06% of SPUTNIX shares.

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TERRA is a space flight simulation complex that recreates the orbital environment—including Earth's magnetic field and solar radiation—for conducting experiments with satellite models such as OrbiCraft.

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6U CubeSat platform with 3-axis ADCS. Up to 12 kg S/C mass, 78 Wh battery, 35 W solar panels, UHF transceiver with deployable antennas. Reaction wheels and sun orientation included.

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Minimal 6U CubeSat platform with maximum payload volume. PSS with battery, UHF transceiver, electromagnetic detumbling only — no ADCS or reaction wheels. For simple payload missions.

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A dual-redundant attitude control and stabilization system control unit (OSSCU, SX-SBOX-ADCU-01) running SPUTNIX's flight-qualified ADCS software.

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Hardware-in-the-loop simulation bench for developing and verifying attitude determination, stabilization and navigation systems of small spacecraft under conditions emulating LEO flight (Helmholtz/Merritt coil magnetic field, air-bearing, sun simulator, optical tracking). Available in three configurations from CubeSat (01) to educational (02) to professional small-satellite testing (03).

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A frictionless air-bearing table for testing relative-motion, docking, and multi-satellite GNC algorithms.

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Rotates through 360° along one axis (vertical), the possibility of rotation in two horizontal axises is limited. Air bearing consists of a pedestal and hemisphere-form bearing. The bearing is attached to the moving platform with small satellite or layout of satellite . Also the air bearing includes

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Rotates through 360° along one axis (vertical), the possibility of rotation in two horizontal axises is limited. Air bearing consists of a pedestal and hemisphere-form bearing. The bearing is attached to the moving platform with small satellite or layout of satellite. Also the air bearing includes a

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Rotates through 360° along one axis (vertical), the possibility of rotation in two horizontal axises is limited. Air bearing consists of a pedestal and hemisphere-form bearing. The bearing is attached to the moving platform with small satellite or layout of satellite. Also the air bearing includes a

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Rotates through 360° along one axis (vertical), the possibility of rotation in two horizontal axises is limited. Air bearing consists of a pedestal and hemisphere-form bearing. The bearing is attached to the moving platform with small satellite or layout of satellite. Also the air bearing includes a

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A modular, on-site-assembled anechoic chamber (200 MHz-45 GHz) for antenna pattern and EMC testing.

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A triaxial MEMS-based angular velocity sensor (SX-SBOX-AVS-MEMS-01) for small satellite attitude determination.

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A passive printed L1-band antenna (AFS-GNSS) for receiving GNSS positioning signals aboard a spacecraft.

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A monopole UHF-band antenna converting electrical signals into electromagnetic waves for satellite communications.

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A ground-based test system that independently verifies the performance of a microsatellite's attitude determination and control system by optically tracking markers on a test mockup.

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A charged particles detector developed by Sputnix and SINP for mid-size satellites, capable of monitoring and measuring single event parameters of gamma and electron particles.

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A redundant thermal control unit (SX-SBOX-THERMU-01) that monitors and manages heaters based on analog/digital temperature sensors across the service platform and payload.

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A ground-based test bench for functional testing of the orientation and stabilization (ADCS) system of 3U CubeSats, including an air bearing table, sun and magnetic field simulators, and an automated measurement workstation.

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GaAs solar panel with integrated electromagnetic coil for CubeSat top/bottom edges. 98×98 mm, 28% efficiency, 480–520 mA Isc, 37 g. Center aperture for sun sensors.

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GaAs solar panel with built-in electromagnetic coil for CubeSat side surfaces. 98×82.6 mm, 28% efficiency, 480–520 mA Isc, 30 g. Scalable for 2U and 3U frames.

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Raspberry Pi CM3+ carrier board with integrated ADCS controller, magnetometer, gyroscope, EM coil driver, temperature sensor, RTC, and 3-channel power switch. CAN bus throughout.

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Debug/development tools for OrbiCraft-Pro payloads: the SXC-MBB-03 payload base board for SXC1/SXC3 platforms (design & software released by SPUTNIX as open source), and the SXC-DEVKIT-06-BG payload developer kit for SXC6 (functional testing of platform components, the board stack and payload-compatibility work).

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4-flywheel reaction wheel module for 3U+ CubeSats. DC brushless motors with vacuum-rated bearings, CAN interface per driver, ±5000 RPM, max torque 8.8/8.8/4.5 mNm (X/Y/Z), 580 g.

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Two-axis digital sun sensor for nanosatellites. ±60° FOV, <0.3° accuracy, 31.3×27.5×10.3 mm, 7 g, CAN interface. Factory calibrated, no customer calibration required.

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A ground station for two-way communication with small spacecraft, featuring software-defined radio technology and a rotating high-gain antenna.

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A high-precision fibre-optic gyroscope (FOG, SX-SBOX-AVS-FOG-01) with a control unit and 4-element sensitive assembly (3 main + 1 backup) for orientation determination.

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A GaAs solar panel with a built-in electromagnetic coil designed for CubeSat top/bottom edges, with a central aperture for sun sensors or small payloads (SXC-SGE-03).

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A GaAs solar panel with a built-in electromagnetic detumbling coil, sized for CubeSat side surfaces (SXC-SGS-03).

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Flight-proven

A GaAs solar panel designed for CubeSats, featuring built-in electromagnetic coils for stabilization and a super-diode protection circuit.

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Flight-proven TRL 9 · Flight-proven

Flight-proven GaAs side solar panel for CubeSats with built-in electromagnetic coil for attitude stabilization, 28% efficiency.

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A power switching unit (PSU-h) distributing main/backup power lines and redundant data/timing buses between up to 8 onboard devices.

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A power and control interface converter unit that interfaces with high-speed transmitters of target information.

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The Magnetic Field Simulator is a Helmholtz cage system designed to simulate the Earth's magnetic field along a satellite's orbital trajectory for testing purposes.

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A family of proprietary magnetic torquer rods (SX-MT-1 through SX-MT-30) used with the magnetic torquers control unit for low-accuracy attitude damping and flywheel unloading; a minimum of 3 units is installed per spacecraft.

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A control unit (SX-SBOX-MTQU-01) driving up to three magnetic torquers via PDM channels to implement angular velocity damping and flywheel unloading.

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A triaxial anisotropic-magnetoresistive magnetometer (SX-SBOX-MAG-01) used in attitude determination alongside magnetic torquers for detumbling and momentum unloading.

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Series of 7 magnetic torquers for microsatellite attitude control and detumbling. Dipole moments from 1 to 30 Am², masses 200–1200 g. Compatible with SPUTNIX Pallada platform.

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3-axis magnetometer for microsatellite ADCS. Anisotropic magnetoresistive sensors, ±100,000 nT range, 100 nT noise, 54×52×16 mm, 70 g, CAN2B. Used for detumbling and flywheel unloading.

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Control flywheel motor (CFM) for microsatellites. Max torque 0.05 Nm, max kinetic moment 2 Nms, 3.2 kg, CAN2B interface. Compatible with ECSS standards.

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Sun sensor for microsatellites and small spacecraft. Half-angle 45° FOV, 0.15° accuracy, 43×43×16 mm, 45 g, CAN2B. Uses matrix photodetector with anti-glare algorithms.

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Mission Control Center for centralized, automated control of a spacecraft or satellite constellation in Earth orbit. It aggregates data from all ground stations, then processes, analyses and stores the incoming information and issues commands.

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Flight-proven

A Raspberry Pi Compute Module carrier board for satellite control, integrating ADCS sensors, an EM torquer driver and an onboard ADCS controller on a CAN bus architecture.

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TRL 6 · Prototype

Raspberry Pi Compute Module nanosatellite OBC+ADCS carrier (60 g, CAN/I2C/SPI/UART, -40 to +60 °C) with integrated ADCS controller.

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Flight-proven

A Raspberry-Pi Compute Module carrier board with integrated sensors and ADCS controller, designed for satellite control and stabilization.

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The Nanosatellite Battery Array is a power storage solution for nanosatellites, featuring overcurrent, overcharge, and overdischarge protection.

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The Nanosatellite Electrical Power System is a board designed to provide power to nanosatellite systems and collect power from solar cells, featuring multiple constant and switchable channels, MPPT converters, and short current protection.

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An onboard computer for nanosatellites that collects sensor data, processes measurements, stores results, forms control actions, and processes telecommands/telemetry.

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The Nanosatellite Solar Panel is a solar cell board designed to generate electrical power for nanosatellites by converting light energy.

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A radiation-tolerant, dual-redundant onboard computer (SX-SBOX-OBC-01) built on a SPARC v8 Leon4FT processor with CAN, SpaceWire and optional MIL-STD-1553-like interfaces.

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A Raspberry Pi Compute Module carrier board (SXC-MB-04-ADC) integrating an ADCS controller, gyroscope/magnetometer sensors, coil driver and power switching for CubeSats.

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The flight software (RTEMS-based) for SPUTNIX's onboard computer complex, implementing telemetry/telecommand, ADCS algorithms and device management per ECSS/CCSDS standards.

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OrbiCraft 3D is an educational nanosatellite platform functional kit for studying satellite engineering principles, including design, assembly, testing and operation processes.

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1U CubeSat satellite platform / assembly kit. The "Flight" (SXC1-GA) version is factory-assembled and tested with GaAs solar panels, ready for payload integration; an "Experimental" (SXC1) lab/educational version is also offered.

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1U CubeSat platform kit with silicon solar panels for educational and laboratory use.

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Flight-ready 1U CubeSat platform with GaAs solar panels and electromagnetic ADCS.

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3U CubeSat satellite platform / assembly kit. The "Flight" (SXC3-GA) version is factory-assembled and tested with GaAs solar panels. Variants: Experimental (SXC3), Flight (SXC3-GA), Pro (SXC3-GA-ADC) with enhanced attitude control.

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SPUTNIX OrbiCraft-Pro 3U assembled and factory-verified CubeSat platform with silicon solar panels, ready for payload integration and educational or experimental use.

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Flight-ready 3U CubeSat platform with GaAs solar panels across 14 panel faces.

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3U CubeSat platform with 3-axis ADCS, reaction wheels, and 5 sun sensors for precision pointing missions.

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Functional 1U/3U CubeSat training kit with full set of subsystems (OBC, EPS, ADCS, comms) for universities.

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Microsatellite bus for spacecraft of 80–200 kg, providing service systems and accommodation for a wide range of payloads independent of the target-instrument configuration. Designed for high-resolution Earth observation and other LEO missions.

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A PC/104 compatible Payload Baseboard designed for the development of satellite payloads and other systems, featuring a microcontroller with a CAN driver for satellite bus access.

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A PC/104-compatible breadboard carrier for developing payloads and other systems that need access to the satellite's CAN bus.

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A ground test platform designed to hold and balance a 3U CubeSat with ADCS for testing on an air-bearing test bench.

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A ground test platform for mounting "TabletSat" small-satellite devices to test them on an air-bearing test bench.

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A ground test platform designed for installing the TabletSat satellite for testing on an air-bearing test bench.

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A two-module CubeSat EPS (SXC-PSS-03) consisting of a power system controller (SXC-PSU-03) and battery module (SXC-BAT-03) for solar power collection, storage, and distribution.

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Flight-proven

A power supply system designed for satellite subsystems, featuring three independent charger units with MPPT, multiple output channels, and support for various solar panel types.

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A control flywheel motor (CFM, SX-SBOX-RWH-50-2.0-01) generating control torque via rotor acceleration/deceleration for larger satellite platforms.

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The Reaction Wheels Block is an executive part of a CubeSat three-axis orientation and stabilization system, containing four reaction wheels for precise attitude control.

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A 4-flywheel reaction wheel module (SXC-FW4-02) for CubeSat 3-axis attitude control, integrating drivers and control electronics on a single PC/104 card.

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The EPS regulation and control equipment (RCE) that manages battery charging/discharging and power distribution together with solar and storage batteries.

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A lightweight, 3D-metal-printed two-way spiral S-band antenna for spacecraft command/telemetry radio links.

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A full-duplex S-band command-telemetry radio link for high-speed communication with ground stations and inter-satellite links.

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A training complex for receiving radiosignals from spacecraft, based on software-defined radio technology and including two fixed antennas.

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A GNSS receiver unit (SX-SBOX-GNSS-01) providing precision position, velocity and time synchronization for the spacecraft.

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Flight-proven

A 1U CubeSat platform designed for scientific and educational missions, featuring an integrated power supply, onboard computer, UHF transceiver, and flight heritage.

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The Satellite Platform CubeSat 3U is a fully assembled, verified, and tested satellite platform designed for scientific and educational missions, offering an active lifetime of at least 6 months in LEO.

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A 3U CubeSat platform designed for complex space missions like remote sensing, featuring a 3-axis orientation and stabilization system and GaAs solar panels.

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A 6U CubeSat satellite platform designed for complex space missions, featuring a 3-axis orientation and stabilization system, GaAs solar panels, and an integrated power supply, ADCS controller, and communication systems.

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An assembled and manufacturer-verified 3U CubeSat engineering model (article SXC3-ADC) with silicon (Si) solar panels and triaxial ADCS, intended for adjustment of control and ADC algorithms.

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An assembled and manufacturer-verified 3U CubeSat platform (article SXC3) with silicon (Si) solar panels and basic B-DOT ADCS, intended primarily as a laboratory/educational model.

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An assembled and manufacturer-verified 3U CubeSat platform (article SXC3-GA) with GaAs solar panels, ready for payload integration and suitable for actual low-Earth-orbit flight.

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An assembled and manufacturer-verified 3U CubeSat platform (article SXC3-GA-ADC-XB) with GaAs solar panels, triaxial ADCS, and an X-band transmitter with antenna, suitable for laboratory use and low-Earth-orbit flight requiring high-speed downlink.

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An assembled and manufacturer-verified 3U CubeSat platform (article SXC3-GA-ADC) with GaAs solar panels and a triaxial ADCS with reaction wheels and sun sensors, suitable for laboratory use and low-Earth-orbit flight.

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A universal, combinable 12U CubeSat platform with flexible redundant subsystem configuration, high-speed X-band downlink, and gas propulsion system, designed for launch in standard production containers.

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6U CubeSat bus with 3-axis ADCS configuration and 4U payload volume.

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Minimal-configuration 6U CubeSat bus maximizing payload volume up to 5U.

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A mid-tier 6U CubeSat platform configuration of the SXC6 family with basic three-axial ADCS, allowing the spacecraft to be oriented in space via redundant subsystems.

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The simplest configuration of the SXC6 6U CubeSat platform, offering only basic service systems (power, UHF comms, electromagnetic damping) to maximize available payload volume.

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Flight-proven

Full 6U CubeSat bus with star tracker, redundant systems, and X-band downlink, flight-proven on the OrbiCraft-Zorkiy Earth-observation mission.

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New-generation CubeSat platform built on SPUTNIX's extensive design, serial-production and operations heritage. Optimized structure offers maximum free payload volume and power, with improved onboard systems. Available in 4U and 16U configurations.

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A silicon solar panel for satellites, featuring built-in electromagnetic coils for stabilization and a robust mechanical design. It provides electrical power and can assist with spacecraft orientation.

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A side-mounted silicon solar panel for CubeSats that serves as the electrical power source and includes a built-in electromagnetic coil usable for orientation and stabilization.

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A solar cell battery designed for CubeSat spacecraft, serving as a primary component of the power supply system and part of a measurement and motion control complex satellite system.

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A compact sun sensor (SX-SBOX-SUNS-01) for the attitude control loop, with algorithms mitigating Earth-albedo glare, suitable for microsatellites and larger platforms.

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A redundant 16-port SpaceWire routing switch with built-in MRAM storage for on-board data networking of the onboard computer complex.

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A ground-based test device that displays simulated star field imagery on a screen to test star trackers alongside other ADCS components.

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A 1U CubeSat structure designed for simple and fast assembly, providing a durable base for satellites with easy access to internal devices and supporting modular construction based on PC104 PCB stack.

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A 3U CubeSat structure designed for modular satellite construction, compliant with CubeSat Design Specification, and includes a separation system for container launches.

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A compact, ultra-low-power two-axis digital CubeSat sun sensor (SXC-SD-01-3U) with factory calibration and CAN interface.

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Flight-proven

The Sun Sensor is a two orthogonal axes digital sun sensor designed for nano-satellites, providing directional cosines of the sun's direction without requiring calibration.

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A halogen-lamp based sun simulator designed for ground testing of spacecraft ADCS Sun orientation capability.

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Laboratory UHF transceiver for working with satellites in lab conditions over the standard radio channel. Connects to a PC via USB and is controlled by Houston CC software, allowing the frequency to be tuned in software.

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Attitude-control actuators of the SX-SBOX suite for microsatellite platforms: ADCS control unit, reaction wheel, magnetorquers and a magnetorquer control unit.

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Attitude-determination and navigation sensors of the SX-SBOX suite for microsatellite platforms: satellite navigation, GNSS antenna, MEMS and fiber-optic angular-rate sensors, magnetometer and sun sensor.

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Communications line of the SX-SBOX suite for microsatellite platforms: UHF and S-band command-and-telemetry radio links, X-band high-speed downlink (VRL-X), the high-speed-radio control unit, and UHF/S/X-band antenna-feed systems.

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Onboard computing line of the SX-SBOX instrument suite for microsatellite (Pallada-class) platforms: the onboard computer, a SpaceWire router with onboard mass memory, and flight software.

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Electrical-power line of the SX-SBOX suite for microsatellite platforms: the power regulation & control apparatus (PRU) and the power distribution/switching unit (BKP).

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Thermal-control line of the SX-SBOX suite for microsatellite platforms: the thermal-control-system control unit (BU-SOTR) and engineering services for topology optimization.

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Electrical power system (EPS) managing satellite power from the SXC-BAT-03 battery pack and up to 14 solar panels. Includes battery heating channels, Remove-Before-Flight inhibits and an economical control microcontroller.

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Sun sensor for nanosatellite attitude determination and control. The CAN interface allows a single sensor or a daisy-chain of sensors; it measures the cosine of the angle to the Sun across a wide field of view.

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GaAs (gallium arsenide) solar panels with integrated electromagnetic torquer coils for CubeSat structures. Side version (SXC-SGS-03) mounts on the side edge of a 1U body; end version (SXC-SGE-03) mounts on the end faces of 1U/3U bodies. Multiple panels can be combined.

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OrbiCraft-Pro UHF-band transceiver on a PC104 board for the spacecraft electronics stack, with an SMA antenna connector and antenna-deployment interface. Supports AX.25 and USP (FEC) protocols.

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Versatile, configurable 12U CubeSat nanosatellite platform of onboard service systems and structural elements, compatible with standard serial 12U deployers. Supports redundant onboard computers and a cold-gas propulsion option for high-accuracy remote-sensing missions.

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Versatile, configurable 6U CubeSat nanosatellite platform of onboard service systems and structural elements. Accepts third-party payloads compliant with the SXC6 ICD. Modifications: SXC6-VOL (Basic, max payload volume), SXC6-ADC (with ADCS), SXC6-RS (remote sensing).

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Anechoic chamber for testing spacecraft transceiver chains, antenna-pattern measurement, EMC testing and other purposes. Operates from 200 MHz to 45 GHz and is mobile, with a radio-transparent test table.

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Air table for testing relative motion of spacecraft: a precision aluminium horizontal surface with an even grid of holes providing near-frictionless free motion of test objects in the horizontal plane (air-cushion pucks).

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Bench for calibration and verification of small matrix and diode-type sun sensors (linear and two-dimensional). The sensor is rotated by known angles under illumination from a stationary Xe arc-lamp light source on a two-axis rotary stage.

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SPUTNIX OrbiCraft-Pro 1U CubeSat platform — assembled and factory-verified 1U nanosatellite kit with on-board computer, power system, solar panels, UHF transceiver and antenna.

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An aerodynamic (air-bearing) test table that lets scale mock-ups of spacecraft move freely in the horizontal plane with minimal friction, enabling study of their mutual/relative motion.

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A ground-based magnetic test stand for validating CubeSat attitude determination and control algorithms and for training students.

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A UHF antenna system with an integrated service panel designed for CubeSats (1U, 2U, 3U, 6U) that provides RF signal conversion and a service interface for spacecraft.

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A half-duplex UHF-band transceiver providing telecommand/telemetry radio links between spacecraft and ground stations for the Pallada/SXC platform families.

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A single-board CubeSat UHF radio (SXC-UHF-02) for telemetry, telecommand and beacon transmission with in-flight reconfigurable parameters.

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Flight-proven TRL 9 · Flight-proven

Flight-proven UHF nanosatellite TT&C transceiver (43 g, 87×93×13 mm, 9600 bps, 1 W output, CAN2.0B, PC104) with SiriusSat-1/2 heritage.

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"Vyunok" is an educational ground complex for receiving spacecraft radio signals, designed for experiments by schoolchildren and students. It operates within amateur-radio VHF/UHF regulations and suits contests and educational programs.

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A two-mirror Cassegrain X-band antenna for organizing high-speed radio downlinks with optional dual-polarization data transmission.

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An adaptive X-band phased-array transmitter (HDRT-X) providing high-speed downlink of payload data with in-flight adaptive data rate/modulation.

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Satellite reception and control ground station for mission control centers and education. Receives telemetry from small spacecraft in LEO and uplinks commands. The "Zavitok-M" (SXL-GND-02-M) works in VHF/UHF; the "Zavitok-S/L" (SXL-GND-02-SL) adds an S- and L-band parabolic antenna for payload-data reception.

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