RapidCube-6
Rapid Cubes GmbH
Compact 6U CubeSat bus (8 kg class) for IoT, in-orbit demonstration, Earth observation, and inter-satellite communication missions.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Mass
- 8 kg
- Payload capacity
- 4 kg
- Power
- 10 W
- Largest dimension
- 360 mm
- Data rate
- 2 Mbps
- 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
- 8 kg
- Dimensions
- 22 × 10 × 36 cm
- Payload mass
- ~4 kg
- Payload power
- 10–20 W
- Tm/tc band
- S-band
- Downlink data rate (S-band)
- 2 Mbps
- High-speed data link
- X-band, up to 100 Mbps
- Attitude pointing accuracy
- ±5°
- Design life
- 2 years
About
The RapidCube-6 is a compact 6U CubeSat platform developed by Rapid Cubes GmbH for IoT, in-orbit demonstration/validation (IOD/IOV), Earth observation, inter-satellite communication, and scientific applications. Built on the proven TUBiX10 heritage platform licensed from TU Berlin, the RapidCube-6 offers a failure-tolerant architecture with multi-band communications and flexible payload accommodation.
The platform features S-band telemetry/telecommand with 2 Mbps downlink and X-band data link capable of up to 100 Mbps. Attitude pointing accuracy of ±5° is achieved using an integrated ACS suite. The satellite is designed for a 2-year mission life in LEO orbits.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.