NEXTAR
NEC Space Technologies
NEXTAR is a satellite bus system designed for small radar satellites, enabling quick and successive delivery of highly reliable satellite systems at low cost.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 500 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
- Satellite
- ASNARO-1
- Satellite (2)
- ASNARO-2
- Bus system
- NEXTAR NX-300L
- Bus system (2)
- NEXTAR NX-300L
- Mass
- 500 kg
- Mass (2)
- 570 kg
- Major on-board device
- Optical sensor
- Major on-board device (2)
- X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar
- Ground sampling distance (GSD)
- 0.5 m or less.
- Ground sampling distance (GSD) (2)
- 1.0m
- Observable width
- 10 km
- Observable width (2)
- 10 km
- Launched
- November 6, 2014
- Launched (2)
- January 18, 2018
- Rocket
- Dnepr rocket
- Rocket (2)
- Epsilon rocket
About
NEXTAR is a satellite bus system developed by NEC, leveraging their extensive experience in aerospace development and advanced technologies like AI. It is designed to facilitate the rapid and cost-effective delivery of highly reliable small satellite systems. The bus is capable of supporting missions that require advanced imaging capabilities, such as radar satellites that can operate effectively in cloudy weather and at night, capturing clear surface images. The system also allows for flexible attitude changes to customize observations according to user needs. NEC provides comprehensive support for satellites utilizing the NEXTAR bus, covering development, production, launch, operation of data centers for image processing and analysis, and training for all processes. The page specifically highlights its use in the ASNARO-1 (optical sensor) and ASNARO-2 (X-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar) missions.
Documentation
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