Payloads & Instruments — Space Hardware Marketplace

Chameleon

The Chameleon is a high-performance hyperspectral imager with space-qualified control electronics and specialized optics, designed for CubeSats.

Chameleon SWIR

The Chameleon SWIR is a specialized short-wave infrared camera designed for Earth and space exploration, capturing high-contrast images…

Caiman

The Caiman is a high-resolution multispectral imager for 6U CubeSats, offering maximum achievable resolution within its form factor…

Mantis

The Mantis imager provides advanced multispectral or hyperspectral imaging capabilities for CubeSats, featuring integrated high-speed data storage.

SQUINT

Space-qualified polarization-entangled photon pair QKD system in 1U form factor, generating up to 45 million entangled photon pairs…

SpooQies

• Payload typesEntanglement-based QKD and Prepare-and-Measure QKD
• Flight heritageBased on SpeQtral-1 satellite design
• DeliveryOrbital delivery included

Turnkey QKD satellite or constellation based on the flight-proven SpeQtral-1 design, supporting entanglement-based and prepare-and-measure QKD payloads for…

InGaAs PIN Photodetector Die

• MaterialInGaAs P-I-N on InP substrate
• Active area sizes25 µm to 1 mm diameter
• Wafer sizes2", 3", and 4" InP substrates

Telcordia-qualified InGaAs P-I-N photodetector device dies for telecom, laser power monitoring, and test systems, available in 25 µm…

2V GaAs Laser Power Converter

Dual-junction GaAs photovoltaic converter optimized for 810 nm laser light, achieving 50–55% conversion efficiency for power-over-fiber and laser…

TALOS IoT Tag

• CommunicationUHF uplink to LEO satellite constellation
• PositioningGPS
• SensorsMulti-axis accelerometer, customizable interfaces

Ultra-compact, energy-efficient IoT tracking tag for wildlife, agriculture, and logistics applications via satellite.

GAMASAR Synthetic Aperture Radar Payload

• TypeSynthetic aperture radar (SAR)
• PlatformsUAVs and satellites
• Imaging modesStripmap, Spotlight

SAR payload for UAVs and satellites delivering cloud-penetrating, day/night terrain imaging for security and environmental applications.

Refabricator In-Space Recycling & 3D-Printing System

• MissionInstalled aboard the International Space Station in 2018
• FunctionClosed-cycle recycling and 3D-printing of plastic parts
• ApplicationsMedical and food-safe manufacturing on the ISS; recyclable launch packaging materials

Firmamentum-built ISS payload demonstrating closed-cycle recycling of plastic waste into 3D-printing feedstock for off-world manufacturing.

ThumbSat

• Payload envelope48 x 48 x (15-32) mm
• Payload massup to 25 g
• CameraCMOS, active array 2048(H) x 1536(V) pixels; optional microscope, macro or telescope lens configurations

Femtosatellite-class hosted-payload module (~48x48x15-32mm, up to 25g) that flies student, research or artistic experiments to low Earth orbit…

TRL11 Technology Suite (xClops, Modular Payloads, HANS, Fovea, VIPOnly, VIPLink, VIP1ST, BMC3)

TRL11 offers a comprehensive suite of space-qualified technologies for machine vision, data processing, and communication, including AI-enabled payloads,…

GeoStare SV2 Electro-Optical Imaging Satellite

Electro-optical Earth observation smallsat using Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory sensor technology.

SMC – Spacecraft Monitoring Camera

The HERA Spacecraft Monitoring Camera (SMC) is a compact, high-performance CMOS camera designed for deep space applications, featuring…

SMC — Spacecraft Monitoring Camera

Very compact deep-space CMOS monitoring camera developed for ESA's HERA mission.

Umbra Scan Wide-Area SAR Imagery

• Sensor typeSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
• Resolution range50 cm to 2 m
• FootprintUp to 8 km x 100 km

Cross-track, wide-area SAR imagery with resolutions from 50 cm to 2 m and footprints up to 8 km…

Umbra Dwell SAR Imagery

• Sensor typeSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
• Product typesEnhanced-detail GeoTIFF, Color Sub-Aperture Image (CSI), SAR video
• Max SAR video length25 seconds

Extended-collection SAR product using Umbra's agile squint capability to reduce speckle and detect/classify moving objects, including SAR video…