RapidCube-20
Rapid Cubes GmbH
12U/16U CubeSat platform (15–25 kg) with Triple Modular Redundancy, multi-band communications, and high payload flexibility for scientific and commercial missions.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 15 kg
- Payload capacity
- 5 kg
- Power
- 17 W
- Largest dimension
- 440 mm
- Design life
- 2 years
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 class
- 15–25 kg
- Form factor
- 12U/16U CubeSat
- Dimensions
- 22 × 22 × 36–44 cm
- Payload mass
- 5–10 kg
- Payload power (Average)
- 17–32 W
- Payload power (Single Channel Peak)
- up to 150 W
- Supply voltage
- 12 V / 24 V
- Redundancy
- Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR)
- Attitude pointing accuracy
- ±5° (±1° option)
- Design life
- 2 years
About
The RapidCube-20 is a 12U/16U CubeSat platform targeting 15–25 kg satellites for scientific and commercial LEO missions. It incorporates Triple Modular Redundancy (TMR) for improved reliability, multi-band communications, and flexible payload accommodation including high-peak-power channels.
The platform supports payload masses of 5–10 kg and provides 17–32 W average payload power with up to 150 W available as a single high-power channel. Bus voltage options are 12 V and 24 V. Attitude pointing accuracy reaches ±5° standard with a ±1° precision option. The platform is used in the AIOTY-CUBE mission carrying IoT, AI, and reaction wheel demonstration payloads.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.