Dragonfly Bus
Dragonfly Aerospace
The Dragonfly Bus is Dragonfly Aerospace’s largest satellite platform, engineered to support more complex, power-intensive and data-intensive payloads. With a combined bus and payload mass of up to 400 kg, it offers increased continuous power delivery, volume, and system redundancy — ideal for missions requiring high data throughput, extended operational lifespans, or more power-intensive payloads […]
Typed specifications24 values
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- Power consumption
- 4 200 W product page
- Data interface
- LVDS data · datasheet p.1 CAN TMTC | RS-422 TMTC, RS422/RS485 | SpaceWire data | RS-485 TMTC, RS422/RS485
- Design lifetime
- 8 years datasheet p.1
- Max payload mass
- 250 kg max · available mass · datasheet p.1
- Payload envelope (L × W × H)
- 1000 x 1000 x 1000 available volume · datasheet p.1
- Power available to payload
- 4 000 W max · available peak power · datasheet p.1
- Unregulated bus for the payload
- 28 V nom. · 28 V regulated, 48 V ready · datasheet p.1
- Onboard storage for payload data
- 32 GB high-speed data recorder, EDAC protected · datasheet p.1 8 192 GB max · optional HSDR, up to 8 TB, scalable
- Power generation (orbit average)
- 800 W orbit average power · datasheet p.1 1 500 W peak, solar array peak power
- Battery capacity
- 2 400 Wh max · energy storage up to 2400 Wh · datasheet p.1
- Attitude control
- 3-axis stabilised fully automated AOCS with target tracking · datasheet p.1
- Pointing accuracy
- 0.02 ° max · pointing control accuracy, 3-sigma · datasheet p.1
- Propulsion
- included xenon electric propulsion, 28 mN, 1850 s Isp · datasheet p.1
- Payload data downlink rate
- 400 kbps S-band TMTC downlink · datasheet p.1 2 500 000 kbps max · X-band data downlink
- Radio band
- X data downlink · datasheet p.1 S TMTC
- Satellite class
- smallsat 100-500 kg 150 kg bus class · datasheet p.1
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- Class
- 150 kg (up to 400 kg combined bus and payload)
- Design life
- 8 years
- Energy storage
- up to 2400 Wh
- Pointing control stability
- < 0.002°/sec (3-sigma)
- Pointing control accuracy
- < 0.02° (3-sigma)
- Slew rate
- up to 2.5°/sec
- Control frequency
- 10 Hz
- AOCS
- Fully automated, through target tracking
- Propulsion
- Xenon Electric Propulsion System, 28 mN thrust, up to 1850s Isp
- S-band tmtc
- 400 kbps down, 150 kbps up
- X-band data downlink
- up to 2.6 Gbps
- Solar array peak power
- up to 1500 W
- Orbit average power (OAP)
- up to 800 W
- Peak power
- 4.2 kW
- Supply voltage
- 28 V / 48 V (ready)
- Available payload mass
- up to 250 kg
- Available payload peak power
- up to 4.0 kW
- Electrical interfaces (TMTC)
- CANbus, RS422/RS485, GigE
- Electrical interfaces (Data)
- LVDS / SpaceWire / SerDes / GigE, Optional HSDR 8 TB (Scalable)
About
The Dragonfly Bus is Dragonfly Aerospace’s largest satellite platform, engineered to support more complex, power-intensive and data-intensive payloads. With a combined bus and payload mass of up to 400 kg, it offers increased continuous power delivery, volume, and system redundancy — ideal for missions requiring high data throughput, extended operational lifespans, or more power-intensive payloads such as Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The bus is built with a modular design, enabling custom configurations and streamlined integration for commercial and institutional missions alike, delivering mission versatility, robust performance, and future-ready scalability.
Documentation
- SatCatalog_-_Dragonfly_Aerospace_-_Dragonfly_Bus_-_Datasheet.pdf PDF source: satcatalog.s3.amazonaws.com ↗
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