SSTL-MINI
SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology)
Customisable minisatellite platform built on strong flight heritage, supporting very high resolution imagers and SAR payloads.
Key figurescomparable across the catalogue
- Payload capacity
- 200 kg
- Power
- 2,000 W
- Data rate
- 1,000 Mbps
- Design life
- 7 years
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- Payload mass
- Up to 200 kg
- Payload peak power
- Up to 2000 W
- Design life
- 7 years
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Payload data input rate
- >20 Gbps
- X-band downlink
- Up to 1 Gbps
- Data storage
- Up to 3 TByte
- Example missions
- DMC3/TripleSat (2015), NovaSAR (2018), S1-4 High Resolution Optical (2018), FORMOSAT-7 (2019)
About
SSTL-MINI is a highly capable and flexible minisatellite platform based on SSTL’s Core Avionics suite, with a bespoke structure customised to mission and payload requirements drawing on flight-proven options. It supports SSTL’s range of high-performance payloads, including very high resolution optical imagers and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) payloads, plus secondary payloads for technology demonstration, radiation monitoring and AIS. The platform offers a fully redundant avionics suite, validated system FDIR, a wide range of propulsion options (cold gas xenon/butane, hydrazine, electric systems), and star tracker-based high stability AOCS. Example missions flown on the SSTL-MINI platform include DMC3/TripleSat, NovaSAR, S1-4 High Resolution Optical, and FORMOSAT-7.
Documentation
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