VSP-50 Versatile Satellite Platform
Aerospacelab
Aerospacelab's 50 kg class Versatile Satellite Platform — a compact, agile LEO smallsat bus sharing VSP-150 heritage subsystems and avionics, enabling hosted payloads in any orientation.
Technical specifications
- Platform class
- VSP-50
- Wet mass (platform)
- ~50–70 kg
- Orbit
- LEO / SSO
- Payload accommodation
- Any-direction mounting
- Heritage
- VSP-150 subsystems & avionics
- Manufacturing
- Serial production compatible
- TRL
- 9 (flight proven platform family)
- Applications
- RF sensing, optical EO, hosted payload, PNT
About
The VSP-50 is Aerospacelab’s smallest production platform in the Versatile Satellite Platform (VSP) family, targeting missions in the ~50–70 kg total satellite mass range. It leverages the same modular subsystems and avionics architecture proven on the VSP-150, reducing development risk and enabling rapid integration.
The VSP-50’s thermo-mechanical envelope differs from the VSP-150, allowing payloads to face any direction — a key differentiator for RF sensing, optical, and hosted-payload applications. It is optimized for Low Earth Orbit and Sun-synchronous orbits, compatible with industry-standard launch interfaces including SpaceX Rideshare Transporter missions.
Designed for serial manufacturing and constellation deployment, the VSP-50 shares common tooling and supply chain with larger VSP platforms, enabling cost-effective multi-satellite orders.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
