XB6 6U CubeSat Bus
Blue Canyon Technologies
BCT 6U CubeSat spacecraft bus with dual-tracker high-precision pointing and proven flight heritage.
Technical specifications
- Form factor
- 6U 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
- Flight heritage
- NASA TROPICS, Starling swarm, HaloSat, TEMPEST-D
About
The BCT XB6 is the 6U configuration of Blue Canyon Technologies’ XB CubeSat bus series. It uses the XB1 core avionics with two NST star trackers for 3-axis attitude determination at ±0.002° (1-sigma) pointing accuracy, and pairs this with 3-axis reaction wheel ADCS, S-band communications, power management, GPS, and mission software. The XB6 provides a generous payload volume within the 6U envelope and has flown on NASA missions including TROPICS and Starling.
Documentation
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