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Satellite Platforms

SDA Tracking Layer Missile-Tracking Satellites

L3Harris Technologies
  • Program/architectureSDA Tracking Layer, Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture
  • Sensor typeInfrared sensors with onboard real-time data processing algorithms
  • Flight heritageTranche 0: 4 satellites launched Feb 14, 2024, on orbit; Tranche 1: 16 satellites in production; Tranche 2: 18 satellites, CDR completed Dec 2024; Tranche 3: 18 satellites awarded Dec 2025

L3Harris's proliferated low-Earth-orbit missile-tracking satellites, built for the Space Development Agency's Tracking Layer, use infrared sensors with onboard…

Satellite Platforms

Enterprise

terran-orbital
  • Launch mass (Configuration A/B/C)up to 500 kg / 1000 kg / 1250 kg
  • Payload mass (Configuration A/B/C)up to 200 kg / 650 kg / 750 kg
  • Solar power (Configuration B/C)up to 3 kW

Enterprise is Terran Orbital's largest standard satellite bus, a scalable SmallSat platform built for high-throughput communications, RF, and…

Satellite Platforms

SmallGEO

OHB SE
  • Platform class3-ton class geostationary satellite bus
  • Wet mass (GTO)up to ~3,200-3,800 kg
  • Payload mass capacityup to 400-900 kg depending on configuration

OHB's modular, lightweight geostationary satellite platform in the 3-ton class, designed for telecommunications, Earth observation, and technology-demonstration payloads.

Satellite Platforms

Telesat Lightspeed

Telesat
  • Constellation size (planned total)198 satellites (reduced from original 298)
  • Initial operational constellation156 satellites
  • Orbital shells78 polar-orbit satellites at ~1,015 km; 120 inclined-orbit satellites at ~1,325 km

Telesat Lightspeed is a low Earth orbit Ka-band broadband constellation designed to deliver fibre-like, low-latency connectivity worldwide for…

Satellite Platforms

MDA AURORA

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  • Product typeSoftware-defined digital communications satellite platform
  • Payload architectureDigital beamforming-enabled, electronically-steered direct radiating array, Ka-band
  • Beam capabilityMultiple simultaneous, electronically steered, dynamically reconfigurable beams with native beam hopping

MDA AURORA is MDA Space's flagship software-defined digital satellite product line, featuring digital beamforming payloads that enable dynamic,…

Satellite Platforms

WorldView Legion

Maxar Technologies
  • Spacecraft busMaxar 500 series
  • Mass~750 kg per satellite
  • Design life10 years

WorldView Legion is Maxar's six-satellite very-high-resolution Earth-observation constellation, delivering 30 cm-class commercial imagery with revisit rates up to…

Satellite Platforms

Firefly

Pixxel
  • Spatial resolution5 m
  • Spectral bands135+
  • Wavelength range450-900 nm

Pixxel's Firefly constellation is a fleet of six small hyperspectral Earth-observation satellites delivering 5-meter resolution imagery across 135+…

Satellite Platforms

NewSat

Satellogic
  • Mass~38.5 kg (dry mass)
  • Dimensions51 x 57 x 82 cm
  • Multispectral resolution0.4-1 m depending on satellite generation

NewSat is Satellogic's flagship, fully vertically-integrated Earth-observation microsatellite delivering sub-meter multispectral and hyperspectral imagery as the building block…

Satellite Platforms

Umbra SAR Satellite

Umbra Lab Inc.
  • Mass~70 kg per satellite
  • Design life5 years
  • Frequency bandX-band

Umbra's flagship 70 kg X-band SAR microsatellite delivers the highest-resolution commercial synthetic aperture radar imagery available, operating in…

Satellite Platforms

Acadia

Capella Space
  • Satellite massLess than 197 kg
  • Deployed antenna areaApproximately 8 m² mesh reflector
  • Radar bandX-band SAR

Acadia is Capella Space's third-generation X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) small satellite, delivering the highest-resolution commercial SAR imagery…

Satellite Platforms

Gen-3

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  • Best resolution - Visible35 cm
  • Best resolution - Short-wave infrared1.2 m
  • Revisit rate (at full capacity of 16 satellites)60 minutes

BlackSky's Gen-3 is a very high-resolution Earth-observation satellite delivering 35 cm imagery and near-real-time intelligence, built for rapid…

Satellite Platforms

LEMUR

Spire Global
  • Platform nameLEMUR (Low Earth Multi-Use Receiver)
  • Original form factor3U CubeSat, 10 x 10 x 34.5 cm, less than 6 kg
  • LEMUR 3 configuration3U, 5 kg total, 3.4 kg max payload

LEMUR (Low Earth Multi-Use Receiver) is Spire Global's modular nanosatellite platform, built and operated in-house, that forms the…

Satellite Platforms

ICEYE Gen4 SAR Satellite

ICEYE
  • ResolutionUp to 16 cm (Gen4); standard modes 1x1 m Spot, 3x3 m Strip, 15x15 m Scan
  • Swath width150-400 km (Gen4, doubled vs. prior generations)
  • Imaging modesDwell, Spot, Spot Large Extended Area, Strip, Scan

ICEYE's Generation 4 SAR microsatellite is the flagship platform of the world's largest synthetic aperture radar constellation, delivering…

Satellite Platforms

YAM Platform

Loft Orbital
  • Product typeRideshare hosted-payload smallsat platform / space infrastructure-as-a-service
  • Bus optionsBlue Canyon Technologies MicroSat/ESPAsat (YAM-2); LeoStella bus (YAM-3, YAM-5, YAM-6); Airbus Arrow 150 'Longbow' (YAM-8 and later)
  • YAM-2 mass~80 kg

Loft Orbital's YAM (Yet Another Mission) is a rideshare hosted-payload satellite platform offering infrastructure-as-a-service in orbit, letting customers…

SmallSat Platforms

Open Orbit

Open Cosmos
  • Bus form factors3U, 6U, 12U, 16U CubeSat, and larger microsatellite variants
  • Mission lifecycle coverageDesign, manufacture, test, launch procurement, insurance, and operations
  • Launch site partnerships8 global launch locations

Open Cosmos's end-to-end satellite mission service that designs, builds, tests, launches, and operates small satellites (CubeSats and microsats)…

Satellite Platforms

Dragonfly Bus

Dragonfly Aerospace
  • Class150 kg (up to 400 kg combined bus and payload)
  • Lifetime8 years
  • Energy Storageup to 2400 Wh

150 kg-class satellite platform for larger, power- and data-intensive Earth observation and SAR missions.

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