Payloads & Instruments — Space Hardware Marketplace

OrbitView

• Imaging altitude500km
• Standard price$100 per image
• SatelliteTakeMe2Space MoI constellation

On-demand satellite imagery service — select any location, commission a photo from 500km altitude, download after the next…

NovaSAR S-band SAR Payload

• FrequencyS-band, 3.1-3.3GHz
• Antenna3m x 1m phased array, 18 phase centres
• Peak RF power1.8kW

S-band synthetic aperture radar payload flown on NovaSAR-1 (launched 2018), with six imaging modes and an integrated AIS…

SKY CANVAS Artificial Shooting Star

• Particle Size1 cm, non-toxic
• Re-entry Altitude60-80 km
• Visible Radius~200 km

ALE’s SKY CANVAS creates on-demand artificial shooting star events using small satellites that release 1 cm non-toxic particles…

ELEVATION-1 E-band Satellite

• LaunchJanuary 14, 2025, SpaceX Transporter-12
• FrequencyE-band: 71-76 GHz / 81-86 GHz
• PartnerFiltronic (UK RF/mmWave)

ELEVATION-1 is Almagest Space’s E-band technology demonstration satellite, successfully launched January 14, 2025 aboard SpaceX Transporter-12. It carries…

Satellite RF Communication Payload Equipment

• Frequency BandsS-band, X-band, Ka-band
• FunctionsTT&C transponders, data transmitters, channelizers, amplifiers
• StandardsESA ECSS, ESCC qualified

Satellite RF communication payload units — S/X/Ka-band transponders, TT&C equipment, data relay units, and digital signal processing hardware…

GRAPHIUM Very High Resolution Telescope

• Ground Resolution50 cm/pixel
• ModesImaging and video
• ComponentsCOTS radiation-tolerant (LEO)

50 cm/pixel VHR optical telescope for small satellites with video capability — custom-designed, COTS radiation-tolerant components, advanced manufacturing,…

iSIM-90 Optical Payload

• Platform Compatibility12U / 16U CubeSat
• Spectral RangeVNIR and/or SWIR (simultaneous)
• TechnologyiSIM (proprietary, flight proven)

Lightest and most compact iSIM optical payload for 12U/16U CubeSats — simultaneous VNIR and SWIR imaging, high performance-to-mass…

GEMS2

• Planned constellation sizeup to 48 CubeSats
• Radiometer frequencies118 GHz and 183 GHz, 24 channels
• Spatial resolution16 km

Planned operational follow-on radiometer constellation with upgraded dual-frequency sensing.

IOD-1 GEMS

• Form factor3U CubeSat
• Mass~4 kg
• Launch date17 April 2019 (Antares/Cygnus NG-11)

First commercially owned/operated space-based passive microwave radiometer, flown as a 3U CubeSat payload.

K/Ka-Band Communication Payload (CPL)

• Frequency BandK/Ka-band (configurable to S/X/Ku/K/Ka)
• Operation ModeBi-directional Tx/Rx
• SDR IntegrationSoftware-Defined Radio (SDR) + RF front-end

CubeSat K/Ka-band communication payload integrating SDR and RF front-end (up/down converters, PA, LNA) for bi-directional high-throughput satellite communications.

Space Domain Awareness (Observe) Services

• Sensing ModesDistributed coherent RF, optical, space weather
• Deployable AssetTransportable Optical Ground Station
• Laser CapabilitySoftware-Defined Laser / Synthetic Aperture Lidar (SAL)

SDA sensing suite including distributed coherent RF tracking networks, space weather sensors, software-defined laser, and transportable optical ground…

TY35 (NCHU-1) Multispectral Ecological Monitoring Satellite

• Optical systemOff-axis three-mirror optical system
• DetectorHigh-quantum-efficiency, low-noise CMOS detector
• Lead institutionNanchang Hangkong University

Intelligent multispectral ecological-environment monitoring satellite with an off-axis three-mirror camera and high-QE CMOS detector.

TY42 (Shenqi-2) C-band SAR Satellite

• SAR bandC-band
• Special capabilityOperational InSAR (interferometric SAR) for millimeter-level deformation monitoring
• Constellation revisit cycle3-4 days (with Shenqi-1 and Fucheng-1)

Next-generation lightweight, low-cost C-band SAR satellite with operational InSAR capability for millimeter-level surface deformation monitoring.

TY29 (DIZHI-1) Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Satellite

• Spectral range410 nm - 2,480 nm (hyperspectral)
• Detection technologyTDI (Time-Delay Integration) multi-spectral visible-light detection; infrared focal-plane filter spectral splitting
• Lead institutionChina University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

Hyperspectral geological remote sensing satellite (410-2480 nm) developed with China University of Geosciences for mineral, soil and water-pollution…

Chaohu-1 SAR Satellite

• SAR bandC-band
• Generation2nd-generation Spacety commercial SAR satellite (after Hisea-1)
• Data delivery timeWithin 6 hours of acquisition (emergency imaging)

Second-generation commercial C-band SAR satellite, launched February 2022, with improved resolution, swath, downlink, and onboard AI data processing.

Hisea-1 SAR Satellite

World's first commercial C-band smallsat SAR satellite with a phased-array antenna, a 185 kg flat-panel foldable design achieving…

SAR Constellation (Dual C/X-band)

• Radar bandsC-band and X-band (dual-band)
• CoverageGlobal, every point on Earth
• Operating conditionsDay and night, all-weather (rain or shine)

Dual-band (C-band and X-band) commercial SAR Earth-observation constellation providing real-time day/night, all-weather imagery of any point on Earth.

NovaSAR

• Imaging frequency band3.1-3.3 GHz (S-band)
• AntennaMicrostrip patch phased array, 3m x 1m, 18 phase centres
• Peak RF power1.8 kW

Small S-band Synthetic Aperture Radar mission on the SSTL-MINI platform, launched 2018.