Taurus 3U — CubeSat Satellite Platform
Satoro
Satoro's Taurus 3U is a standardized 3U CubeSat bus: 2 kg / 2U payload capacity, 40 W peak / 18 W average payload power, 35 Wh battery, S-Band 4.3 Mbps downlink, <1° pointing accuracy, with 5 missions launched including LILIUM-1, IRIS-C, Taurus-1, and SATORO-T2.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Payload capacity
- 2 kg
- Power
- 18 W
- Data rate
- 4.3 Mbps
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
- Form factor
- 3U CubeSat
- Payload mass
- Up to 2,000 g
- Payload volume
- 2U
- Payload peak power
- 40 W
- Payload average power
- 18 W
- Battery
- 35 Wh
- Orbital average power
- 12 W
- Downlink
- S-Band at 4.3 Mbps
- Uplink
- UHF/VHF at 9.6 kbps
- Pointing accuracy / knowledge
- <1° / <1°
- Stability
- ±0.01°/s
- Orbit knowledge (GPS)
- <1 km
- Interfaces
- UART, I2C, CAN, SPI
- Flight heritage
- 5 missions: LILIUM-1, IRIS-C, Taurus-1, Academic, SATORO-T2 (all SSO via Exolaunch, 2022–2024)
About
The Taurus 3U is Satoro’s standardized small satellite platform for commercial, academic, and government CubeSat missions. The bus accommodates up to 2,000 g and 2U volume of customer payload, delivering up to 40 W peak power and 18 W continuous average power to the payload. Energy is stored in a 35 Wh battery with 12 W orbital average total generation. Communications are provided by S-Band downlink at 4.3 Mbps and UHF/VHF uplink at 9.6 kbps. The attitude determination and control system achieves less than 1° pointing accuracy, 1° knowledge, 0.01°/s stability, and 10°/s maneuver rate. GPS provides orbit knowledge better than 1 km. Standard digital interfaces include UART, I2C, CAN, and SPI. Satoro has launched five missions on the Taurus platform: LILIUM-1 (Q4 2022, remote sensing/IoT/edge compute), IRIS-C (Q2 2023, star tracker and deployable solar panel demo), Taurus-1 (Q4 2023), an academic mission (Q1 2024), and SATORO-T2 (Q3 2024, video streaming, cybersecurity, and IoT demos). All missions launched to SSO via Exolaunch. Satoro is an ISISPACE Regional Distributor for South-East Asia and provides turnkey satellite services including design, assembly, integration, testing, launch management, and on-orbit operations through the StarCast mission control platform. Satoro Pte Ltd is based in Singapore.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.