Corvus-XL
Astro Digital
~81kg smallsat bus with electric and chemical propulsion, flown on DARPA Mandrake-2.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 81 kg
Normalised to common units so this product can be compared with others in its category. The supplier's own wording is below.
As published by the supplier
- Mass
- ~81 kg
- Propulsion
- electric propulsion + monopropellant chemical thruster
- Flight heritage
- DARPA Mandrake-2 (twin satellites, optical inter-satellite links)
- Dimensions
- 366 mm x 239 mm x 113 mm
- Resolution
- 22 meter
- Data rate
- high-speed
- Lifetime
- ≥ 5 year in LEO
- Power
- 34 watts
About
Corvus-XL is a larger member of Astro Digital’s Corvus bus family, used for the DARPA Mandrake-2 mission consisting of twin satellites demonstrating optical inter-satellite links built with SA Photonics payloads. The bus carries the same 3-axis ADCS suite as other Corvus platforms plus both electric propulsion and a monopropellant chemical thruster, giving it significantly more on-orbit maneuvering capability than the smaller Corvus-Micro bus.
Documentation
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