LM 400 Satellite Platform
The LM 400 is Lockheed Martin’s most flexible and capable satellite platform with multi-mission capabilities tailored for remote sensing, communications, imaging, and radar. Approximately the volume of an average home refrigerator, the platform accommodates payloads up to 1,100 kg and features exceptional propulsion and optimal operability in LEO, MEO, and GEO. Designed for proliferated network […]
Typed specifications10 values
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- Mass
- 1 000 kg max · bus mass · datasheet p.2
- Design lifetime
- 2 years min · design life 2 to 15 years · datasheet p.2 15 years max · design life 2 to 15 years
- Orbit
- LEO datasheet p.2 MEO | GEO
- Max payload mass
- 1 100 kg max · product page
- Power available to payload
- 14 000 W max · payload power accommodations, peak · datasheet p.2
- Unregulated bus for the payload
- 100 V high power (100V) option · datasheet p.2
- Propulsion
- included modular propulsion assembly · datasheet p.2
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- Maximum payload mass
- Up to 1,100 kg
- Orbital regimes
- LEO, MEO, GEO
- Software architecture
- SmartSat™ (software-defined)
- System architecture
- MOSA compliant
- Mission types
- Remote sensing, communications, imaging, radar
About
The LM 400 is Lockheed Martin’s most flexible and capable satellite platform with multi-mission capabilities tailored for remote sensing, communications, imaging, and radar. Approximately the volume of an average home refrigerator, the platform accommodates payloads up to 1,100 kg and features exceptional propulsion and optimal operability in LEO, MEO, and GEO. Designed for proliferated network constellations and multi-launch configurations, the LM 400 features SmartSat™ software-defined satellite architecture for onboard data processing and conforms to Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA). Manufactured at Lockheed Martin’s $350M Gateway Center in Waterton, Colorado.
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