6U PLATFORM
Alén Space
The Alén Space 6U Platform is a flight-heritage (TRL 9) small satellite platform designed for various missions, offering robust power, ADCS, OBC, and communication capabilities.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Power
- 180 W
- Data rate
- 50 Mbps
- Design life
- 5 years
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Payload mass
- 6900 – 7825 g
- Payload volume
- 3.5 – 4.7 U
- Peak Power Consumption
- 180 W
- Battery capacity
- 92 Wh
- TTC downlink data rate
- 0.5 – 512 kbps
- TTC uplink data rate
- 0.5 – 256 kbps
- On-board storage
- up to 64 GB
- Data downlink datarate
- 2 – 50 Mbps
- Data uplink datarate
- 2 Mbps
- Design Lifetime
- 3 – 5 years
About
The 6U Platform from Alén Space is a highly reliable small satellite platform with flight heritage (TRL 9). It supports a payload mass ranging from 6900 to 7825 grams and a payload volume of 3.5 to 4.7 U. The platform features a peak power consumption of 180 W and a battery capacity of 92 Wh. It offers both standard and upgraded ADCS models, providing capabilities from detumbling and 3-axis stabilization to nadir, sun, velocity, and ground pointing with high accuracy. The On-Board Computer (OBC) includes interfaces like RS422, UART, CAN, I2C, PPS, GPIO, ADC, PWM, and SPI, running Alén Space OBSW with up to 64 GB of on-board storage and AES256 security. Communication options include VHF, UHF, and S-Band for TTC with downlink data rates up to 512 kbps and uplink up to 256 kbps, plus optional S-Band and X-Band for data with downlink rates up to 50 Mbps. Propulsion is optional, and the platform is designed for a lifetime of 3 to 5 years.
Documentation
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