XB12 12U CubeSat Bus
Blue Canyon Technologies
BCT 12U CubeSat spacecraft bus with high pointing accuracy and expanded payload volume.
Technical specifications
- Form factor
- 12U CubeSat
- Pointing accuracy
- ±0.002° (1-sigma), 3-axis, 2 star trackers
- Slew rate
- 360 deg/min
- ACS
- 3-axis reaction wheel attitude control
- Communications
- S-band (optional X-band)
- Orbit types
- LEO, GEO, Lunar, CisLunar
- Mission design life
- 5 years
About
The BCT XB12 is the 12U variant of BCT’s XB CubeSat bus series. Built around the XB1 core avionics with two NST star trackers for ±0.002° 3-axis pointing accuracy, the XB12 provides significantly more payload volume than the 6U configuration while retaining the same highly integrated, flight-proven subsystem architecture. It is used on missions requiring higher payload mass/volume within a CubeSat-compatible launch vehicle envelope.
Documentation
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