Satellite platform SXC6 modification “ADC”
A mid-tier 6U CubeSat platform configuration of the SXC6 family with basic three-axial ADCS, allowing the spacecraft to be oriented in space via redundant subsystems.
Typed specifications28 values
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- Mass
- 5 kg product page 12 kg
- Envelope (L×W×H)
- 118.6x228.6x366 mm product page 118.6x228.6x820 mm
- Power consumption
- 10 W product page 50 W
- Form factor
- 6U CubeSat 6U · datasheet p.2
- Max payload mass
- 6 kg max · max mass of payload, up to (Table 1) · datasheet p.2
- Payload volume, U
- 3 U 3U+ available volume for payload (Table 1) · datasheet p.2
- Payload envelope (L × W × H)
- 85 x 85 x 300 3U+ available volume for payload (Table 1) · datasheet p.2
- Power available to payload
- 8 W max · available average capacity of payload, up to (Table 1) · datasheet p.2 25 W max · peak (max available capacity of payload, up to; Table 1)
- Battery capacity
- 78 Wh product page
- Attitude control
- 3-axis stabilised three-axis w/ reaction wheels, star tracker, magnetometer, an… · datasheet p.2
- Pointing accuracy
- 0.1 ° ADCS accuracy, up to 0.1° (Table 1) · datasheet p.2
- Payload data downlink rate
- 57.6 kbps product page
- Radio band
- X high-speed X-band radio link, included · datasheet p.2 UHF UHF command radio link, included, redundant
- Subsystems included
- solar arrays deployable solar panels, included · datasheet p.2 GNSS receiver GPS-receiver, included | X-band downlink high-speed X-band radio link, included | ADCS three-axis ADCS w/ reaction wheels and star tracker | UHF or VHF radio UHF command radio link, included, redundant
- Max satellite wet mass
- 10 kg mass w/ payload (Table 1 platform comparison, generic SXC6 co… · datasheet p.2
- Deployables
- hinges for solar wings deployable solar panels included · datasheet p.2
- Deployables (as printed)
- Deployable solar panels (included) datasheet p.2
- Satellite class
- CubeSat CubeSat nanosatellite platform line · datasheet p.2
- Form factor, U (number)
- 6 U CubeSat 6U · datasheet p.2
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As published by the supplier17 lines, in the manufacturer's own wording
- Outer dimensions transport mode
- 118.6x228.6x366 mm
- Outer dimensions deployed
- 118.6x228.6x820 mm
- Mass (w/o payload)
- 5 kg
- Maximum mass
- 12 kg
- Battery capacity
- 78 Wh
- Peak power per solar panel
- not less than 35 W
- Service radio frequency
- 435-438 or 400-401 MHz
- Data rate
- 2400-57600 bps
- ADCS algorithms
- B-DOT, sun orientation, nadir, point trace
- Sensors
- Sun sensors, Angular velocity sensor, Magnetometer
- ADCS pointing accuracy sunlit orbit
- up to 1 deg
- ADCS pointing stability sunlit orbit
- up to 0.1 deg
- ADCS pointing accuracy eclipse orbit
- up to 10 deg
- Onboard interface
- CAN2.0B, SPUTNIX UniCAN
- Average payload power per orbit
- 10 W
- Maximum payload power
- 50 W
- Payload volume
- 4U
About
The SXC6-ADC modification adds basic three-axial ADCS to the SXC6 platform: redundant power supply with battery and deployable solar panels, redundant UHF transceiver with patch/deployable antennas, redundant electromagnetic damping system, redundant ADCS control unit with sensors, partially redundant reaction wheels unit, and solar sensors. Available upgrades: XTX (X-band transmitter+antenna), GNSS, CAM, MGM, STAR tracker kit.
Documentation
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