12U SUPERNOVA CubeSat Bus
Pumpkin, Inc.
Flight-proven 12U CubeSat bus with 10U payload volume, 105–110W peak solar power, Linux computing, and 1° pointing accuracy.
Typed specifications46 values
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- Supply voltage
- 3.3–30 V product page
- Power consumption
- 160 W product page 105–110 W
- Data interface
- I2C data bus · datasheet p.2 GPIO data bus | UART data bus | SPI data bus | RS-422 data bus +3
- Design lifetime
- 5 years max · LEO lifetime, up to · datasheet p.2
- Lead time
- 6 months product page
- Form factor
- 12U SUPERNOVA 12U column · datasheet p.2
- Orbit
- LEO LEO lifetime up to 5 years; radiation tolerant to LEO levels · datasheet p.2
- Payload volume, U
- 9.5 U payload volume · datasheet p.2
- Power available to payload
- 160 W peak · product page
- Regulated voltages for the payload
- 12 V power distribution 8A @ 12V · datasheet p.2 3.3 V power distribution 8A @ 3.3V | 5 V power distribution 8A @ 5V | 3–55 V power distribution 8A @ 3-55V
- Unregulated bus for the payload
- 16.8 V 10A @ VBATT (16.8V); 400W max power distribution · datasheet p.2
- Onboard storage for payload data
- 32 GB max · flash memory, up to · datasheet p.2
- Power generation (orbit average)
- 110 W solar array power (orbit average or peak not stated) · datasheet p.2
- Battery capacity
- 100–200 Wh energy storage 100-200 Whr @ 16.8V · datasheet p.2
- Pointing accuracy
- 1 ° pointing accuracy 1° @ 0.01°/s · datasheet p.2
- Attitude knowledge
- 0.006 ° pointing knowledge · datasheet p.2
- Propulsion
- optional Propulsions: "Compatible with" (list not in text) · datasheet p.2
- Payload data downlink rate
- 9.6 kbps data rate 9.6 kbps (band not stated); beacon 9B/s · datasheet p.2 100 000 kbps max · data rates 4/20/100 Mbps (band not stated)
- Radio band
- UHF option ("UHF, L-/S-/X-band options available") · datasheet p.2 L option ("UHF, L-/S-/X-band options available") | S option ("UHF, L-/S-/X-band options available") | X option ("UHF, L-/S-/X-band options available")
- Subsystems included
- OBC 1GHz Linux based flight computer (C&DH: 1GHz Arm processor, L… · datasheet p.1 GNSS receiver 555 channels L1 GPS standard, other constellations and freque… | battery energy storage 100-200 Whr | EPS high performance smart power systems | flight software multiple flight software solutions (Kubos, Bright Ascension) +1
- Rail standard
- PSC CSD tabs (2002367) dispenser compatibility: CSD (also NanoRacks, Lightband) · datasheet p.2 NanoRacks dispenser compatibility: NanoRacks
- Deployables (as printed)
- Solar panels: mission specific fixed/deployable/articulated datasheet p.2
- Satellite class
- nanosat 1-10 kg High Performance Nanosatellite Platforms · datasheet p.1 CubeSat SUPERNOVA line of CubeSats
- Form factor, U (number)
- 12 U 12U · datasheet p.2
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As published by the supplier13 lines, in the manufacturer's own wording
- Form factor
- 12U CubeSat
- Payload volume
- 10U
- Peak solar power (BoL)
- 105–110 W
- Peak payload power
- 160 W
- Energy storage
- 100 Wh
- Supply voltage
- 3.3–30 V
- Data storage
- 32 GB
- Downlink data rate
- <100 Mbps
- Pointing accuracy
- 1° @ 0.01°/s
- Attitude knowledge
- 20 arcsec
- Design life (LEO)
- 5 years
- Design life (GEO)
- 2 years
- Lead time
- 6 months
About
The Pumpkin 12U SUPERNOVA is the company’s largest complete nanosatellite bus, providing 10U of payload volume. It features 105–110W peak solar power, up to 160W peak payload power, 32GB data storage, and multi-band RF supporting data rates up to 100 Mbps downlink. Bus voltage is configurable 3.3–30V with 100Wh energy storage.
Pointing accuracy is 1° at 0.01°/s with 20 arcsec attitude knowledge. The bus runs a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor with Linux. Design lifetimes are 5 years LEO and 2 years GEO with a 6-month standard lead time.
Documentation
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