Orbital Logistics Vehicle (OLV)
Skycorp Incorporated
Modular space platform with open interface bus for hosting third-party payloads, assembled on-orbit at ISS.
Technical specifications
- Platform type
- Modular satellite bus / space platform with common interface bus
- Core interface
- intelligent Space Systems Interface (iSSI)
- Issi function
- Standard bus interface providing power, connectivity, bandwidth and physical rigidity (analogous to USB/PCI for satellites)
- Assembly method
- Launched in protective container; assembled on-orbit at the ISS
- Design benefit
- Lighter-weight design enabled by on-orbit assembly while retaining launch-load protection
- Payload support
- Modular, customizable third-party payloads powered by iSSI and Skycorp software
- Target orbits
- GEO and cis-lunar space and beyond
About
The Skycorp Orbital Logistics Vehicle (OLV) ushers in a new age in satellite architecture. It is a space platform built around a common interface bus (the intelligent Space Systems Interface, iSSI) that allows customized payloads from third parties to be hosted in space. The OLV brings an open, modular, cloud-computing-style architecture to spacecraft, similar to how Open Compute changed data center design. The vehicle is launched inside a protective container and assembled on-orbit at the International Space Station, enabling a lighter-weight design while still protecting the structure from launch loads. Skycorp’s architecture enables integration of modular payloads powered by the iSSI and Skycorp’s software architecture. Applications include on-orbit servicing and logistics, hosting of modular third-party payloads in GEO and cis-lunar space, and next-generation open-architecture satellite computing.
Documentation
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