LEOS-50
Berlin Space Technologies
The LEOS-50 is Berlin Space Technologies’ heritage small satellite platform, flight proven with in-orbit operation since 2015. It is designed for demanding Earth observation missions carrying medium-sized payloads, offering a payload envelope of up to 55 x 55 x 40 cm and up to 30 kg payload mass. The bus provides up to 160 W […]
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- Mass
- 30 kg product page
- Envelope (L×W×H)
- 570 x 570 x 400 mm system volume, printed 570 x 570 x 400 mm3 · datasheet p.1
- Power consumption
- 160 W product page
- Data interface
- RS-422 TM/TC protocols: RS422, LVDS, others · datasheet p.2 LVDS TM/TC protocols: RS422, LVDS, others
- Design lifetime
- 5 years design life 5 years in LEO · datasheet p.1
- Orbit
- LEO design life 5 years in LEO · datasheet p.1
- Max payload mass
- 30 kg max · payload 15 - 30 kg (recommended); BST suggests payloads with … · datasheet p.1
- Payload envelope (L × W × H)
- 550 x 550 x 400 mm payload volume, printed 550 x 550 x 400 mm3 · datasheet p.1
- Power available to payload
- 25 W payload, average · datasheet p.1 160 W peak; payload
- Onboard storage for payload data
- 1 024 GB payload data storage 1 TB per DPU · datasheet p.2
- Propulsion
- included electrical propulsion (bus); 75 kg with electric propulsion · datasheet p.1
- Payload data downlink rate
- 320 000 kbps X-Band downlink (bus characteristics, p.1) · datasheet p.1 100 000 kbps max · payload data downlink X-Band, up to 100 Mb/s (technical speci…
- Radio band
- S S-Band TT&C · datasheet p.1 X X-Band downlink
- Subsystems included
- propulsion electrical propulsion · datasheet p.1 S-band radio S-Band TT&C | X-band downlink X-Band downlink
- Max satellite wet mass
- 75 kg system mass 75 kg with electric propulsion · datasheet p.1
- Flight heritage
- In-orbit since 2015; missions include NExSat-1 (Egypt, launched Feb 2024) and AFR/ABA First Runner (India, launched Jun 2023) product page
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- Max payload mass
- 30 kg
- Payload envelope
- 55 x 55 x 40 cm
- Peak payload power
- 160 W
- Payload data rate
- 10 Gbps
- Onboard storage
- 1 TB per data processing unit
- Downlink
- X-band, up to 100 Mbps
- Communications security
- CCSDS-compatible with authentication and encryption
- Propulsion
- Electrical propulsion
- Design lifetime
- 5 years (LEO)
- Flight heritage
- In-orbit since 2015; missions include NExSat-1 (Egypt, launched Feb 2024) and AFR/ABA First Runner (India, launched Jun 2023)
About
The LEOS-50 is Berlin Space Technologies’ heritage small satellite platform, flight proven with in-orbit operation since 2015. It is designed for demanding Earth observation missions carrying medium-sized payloads, offering a payload envelope of up to 55 x 55 x 40 cm and up to 30 kg payload mass. The bus provides up to 160 W peak payload power, a high-speed 10 Gbps payload data interface with 1 TB onboard storage, and an X-band downlink of up to 100 Mbps, with CCSDS-compatible communications including authentication and encryption. It supports electrical propulsion and is designed for a 5-year LEO mission life, targeting government space agencies, New Space operators, and commercial Earth observation customers. Flight heritage includes NExSat-1, an Egyptian Earth-observation microsatellite built with Egypt’s National Authority of Space Sciences, launched February 2024; and AFR (ABA First Runner), an 80 kg Indian Earth-observation nanosatellite built by Azista BST Aerospace, launched June 2023 on a Falcon 9 rideshare. BST also offers the related, more powerful LEOS-100 platform built on LEOS-50’s flight-proven avionics for payloads up to 250 kg.
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