Landmapper-BC (formerly Corvus-BC)
Astro Digital
The Landmapper-BC is a 6U Earth observation CubeSat series developed by Astro Digital (formerly Aquila Space), featuring a broad coverage multispectral imaging system with 22-meter resolution.
Technical specifications
- Satellite
- Landmapper-BC 1 (Corvus-BC 1)
- Cospar
- 2017-042Y
- Date
- 14.07.2017
- Ls
- Ba LC-31/6
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz-2-1a Fregat
- Remarks
- with Kanopus-V-IK 1, Flying Laptop, WNISAT 1R, NORSAT 1, NORSAT 2, TechnoSat, CICERO 1, 2, 3, Corvus-BC 2, MKA-N 1, 2, Flock-2k 1, ..., 48, Lemur-2 42, ..., 49, NanoACE, Mayak, Iskra-MAI-85, UTE-UESOR
- Satellite (2)
- Landmapper-BC 2 (Corvus-BC 2)
- Cospar (2)
- 2017-042X
- Date (2)
- 14.07.2017
- Ls (2)
- Ba LC-31/6
- Launch vehicle (2)
- Soyuz-2-1a Fregat
- Remarks (2)
- with Kanopus-V-IK 1, Flying Laptop, WNISAT 1R, NORSAT 1, NORSAT 2, TechnoSat, CICERO 1, 2, 3, Corvus-BC 1, MKA-N 1, 2, Flock-2k 1, ..., 48, Lemur-2 42, ..., 49, NanoACE, Mayak, Iskra-MAI-85, UTE-UESOR
- Satellite (3)
- Landmapper-BC 3 (Corvus-BC 3)
- Cospar (3)
- 2017-F05
- Date (3)
- 28.11.2017
- Ls (3)
- Vo LC-1S
- Launch vehicle (3)
- Soyuz-2-1b Fregat
- Remarks (3)
- with Meteor-M 2-1, LEO Vantage 2, Baumanets 2, IDEA-OSG 1, AISSat 3, Helios-Wire BIU, Lemur-2 58-67, D-Star One, SEAM
- Satellite (4)
- Landmapper-BC 3 v2 (Corvus-BC 3 v2)
- Cospar (4)
- 2018-004H
- Date (4)
- 12.01.2018
- Ls (4)
- Sr FLP
- Launch vehicle (4)
- PSLV-XL
- Remarks (4)
- with Cartosat 2F, Microsat-TD, LEO Vantage 1, Carbonite 2, ICEYE X1, INS 1C, Arkyd 6A, CICERO 7, Lemur-2 68, ..., 71, Flock-3p' 1, ..., 4, MicroMAS 2a, PicSat, CANYVAL-X 1, 2, CNUSail 1, KAUSAT 5, SIGMA, DemoSat 2, GeoStare, Fox 1D, STEP Cube Lab, SpaceBEE 1, ..., 4
- Satellite (5)
- Landmapper-BC 4 (Corvus-BC 4)
- Cospar (5)
- 2018-099K
- Date (5)
- 03.12.2018
- Ls (5)
- Va SLC-4E
- Launch vehicle (5)
- Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5)
- Remarks (min)
- with SkySat 14, 15, Eu:CROPIS, STPSat 5, FalconSat 6, NEXTSat 1, KazSTSAT, eXCITe, SeeMe, ICEYE X2, BlackSky Global 2, ESEO, Hawk A, B, C, Capella 1, AISTECHSAT 2, CSIM-FD, Hiber 2, ITASAT 1, ORS 7A, 7B, Al-Farabi 2, Astrocast 0.1, Audacy 0, BRIO, Centauri 1, Eaglet 1, Enoch, Flock-3s 1, 2, 3, K2SAT, KazSciSat 1, MinXSS 2, Orbital Reflector, RAAF M1, SeaHawk 1, SNUSAT 2, THEA, VESTA, PW-Sat 2, SNUGLITE, VisionCube, RANGE A, B, Elysium-Star 2, ExseedSat 1, Fox 1C, Irvine 02, JY1-Sat, KNACKSAT, MOVE 2, SpaceBEE 5, 6, 7, Suomi-100, WeissSat 1, Sirion Pathfinder 2, OrbWeaver 1, 2, SPAWAR-CAL O, OR, R
- Satellite (6)
- Landmapper-BC 5 (Corvus-BC 5)
- Date (6)
- 20xx
- Remarks (6)
- with ? / mod. to Mandrake 1
- Satellite (7)
- Landmapper-BC 6 (Corvus-BC 6)
- Date (7)
- 20xx
- Remarks (7)
- with ?
- Satellite (8)
- Landmapper-BC 7 (Corvus-BC 7)
- Date (8)
- 20xx
- Remarks (8)
- with ?
- Satellite (9)
- Landmapper-BC 8 (Corvus-BC 8)
- Remarks (9)
- with ?
- Satellite (10)
- Landmapper-BC 9 (Corvus-BC 9)
- Remarks (10)
- with ?
- Satellite (11)
- Landmapper-BC 10 (Corvus-BC 10)
- Remarks (11)
- with ?
- Satellite (12)
- Landmapper-BC 11 (Corvus-BC 11)
- Remarks (12)
- with ?
- Satellite (13)
- Landmapper-BC 12 (Corvus-BC 12)
- Remarks (13)
- with ?
About
The Landmapper-BC, originally known as Corvus-BC, is a 6U Earth observation CubeSat developed by Astro Digital, formerly Aquila Space. The design is based on the Perseus-O satellites from Canopus Systems. These satellites are equipped with a broad coverage multispectral imaging system capable of capturing Red, Green, and Near-Infrared (NIR) bands with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel. The initial plan was to deploy a constellation of eight to ten Landmapper-BC satellites to provide daily, multispectral imagery of the world’s arable land. Several units have been launched, with varying degrees of success. Landmapper-BC 1 and 2 were launched in July 2017 but failed shortly after. Landmapper-BC 3 was launched in November 2017 but was lost due to an upper stage problem. Landmapper-BC 3 v2 was successfully launched in January 2018. Landmapper-BC 4 was launched in December 2018. The partially completed Landmapper-BC 5 was later modified to become the Mandrake 1 satellite when Astro Digital shelved plans for their own Earth observation constellation.
Documentation
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