16U CubeSat Platform
U-Space
Modular 16U CubeSat bus with an 8U primary payload bay plus a dedicated 2U volume for long instruments, built for standardized, fast-turnaround constellation deployment.
Typed specifications51 values
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- Mass
- 26 kg max · datasheet p.1
- Form factor, U (number)
- 16 U datasheet p.1
- Envelope (L×W×H)
- 8U Cube + 2U datasheet p.1
- Power consumption
- 150 W max · datasheet p.1 25 W Payload Average (LTAN 12h-24h) | 55 W Payload Average (LTAN 6h-18h) | 150 W max
- Data interface
- UART datasheet p.1 UART payload communication | SpaceWire | SpaceWire payload communication | CAN +1
- Design lifetime
- 5 years datasheet p.1 5 years row printed once for both 16U and Freeform
- Form factor
- 16U datasheet p.1
- Orbit
- LEO LEO, 50° to SSO, All LTANs · datasheet p.1 SSO LEO, 50° to SSO, All LTANs
- Max payload mass
- 12 kg max · Payload Mass max. · datasheet p.1
- Payload volume, U
- 8 U as printed: 8U Cube + 2U · datasheet p.1 8 U printed '8U Cube + 2U': 8U cube part | 2 U printed '8U Cube + 2U': additional 2U part
- Power available to payload
- 25 W orbit average, SSO 550 km, LTAN 12h-24h · datasheet p.1 55 W orbit average, SSO 550 km, LTAN 6h-18h | 25 W orbit average, SSO 550km, LTAN 12h-24h | 55 W orbit average, SSO 550km, LTAN 6h-18h | 25 W Payload Average (LTAN 12h-24h) +3
- Regulated voltages for the payload
- 16 V max · regulated and non regulated lines up to 16V, up to 5 lines · datasheet p.1 16 V max · Regulated and non-regulated lines up to 16 V, up to 5 lines
- Power generation (orbit average)
- 80 W Bus power generation (orbit average / BOL-EOL not stated) · datasheet p.1
- Battery capacity
- 386 Wh max · BOL, 'Up to 386 Wh' · datasheet p.1
- Propulsion
- included Iodine 4700 N.s or Electrospray 5000 N.s total impulse · datasheet p.1
- Payload data downlink rate
- 400 kbps S-band downlink, command & control (row shared by 16U and Fre… · datasheet p.1 522 000 kbps max · X-band downlink, 'up to 522 Mbps' (row shared by 16U and Free…
- Radio band
- S command & control uplink/downlink · datasheet p.1 X downlink
- Subsystems included
- EPS datasheet p.1 ADCS GNC | propulsion Iodine or Electrospray | S-band radio S-Band uplink/downlink, command & control | battery +1
- Max satellite wet mass
- 26 kg datasheet p.0 26 kg max · Spacecraft Mass Max
- Rail standard
- custom datasheet p.0
- Payload mounting
- proprietary to U-Space's 16U platform datasheet p.0
- Deployables (as printed)
- proprietary to U-Space's 16U platform datasheet p.0
- Satellite class
- CubeSat datasheet p.1
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- Form factor
- 16U CubeSat
- Primary payload bay
- 8U (50% of satellite volume)
- Additional payload volume
- 2U, optimized for long instruments (telescopes, antennas)
- Max payload mass
- 15 kg
- Payload volume
- 10U+
- Peak power
- 200 W
- Payload average orbit power (PAOP)
- LTAN 6H: 55 W; LTAN 10H30: 26 W
- Downlink
- S-Band: 400 kbit/s; X-Band: 522 Mbps
- Absolute knowledge error (AKE)
- < 0.008 deg (133 urad)
- Pointing error (APE)
- < 0.01 deg (164 urad)
- Relative pointing error (RPE, 1s)
- < 11.5 urad
- Thermal control stability
- +/- 0.2 degrees C
- Propulsion options
- Electrospray and iodine electric propulsion for constellation station-keeping
About
The 16U CubeSat platform is U-Space’s modular smallsat bus, engineered for simplified integration via standardized interfaces so it can adapt quickly to specific mission requirements. It provides an exceptional payload volume for its class: an 8U primary compartment (50% of the satellite volume) plus an additional 2U section optimized for long instruments such as telescopes and antennas. The platform features a low-electromagnetic-noise architecture to protect sensitive instrument signals, advanced GNC software delivering absolute/pointing knowledge errors under 0.008 degrees / 0.01 degrees, and one of the most precise thermal control systems in its class, holding critical payloads to +/-0.2 degrees C stability. Typical applications include greenhouse-gas and environmental monitoring Earth observation, the SOAP space-surveillance mission flown with Airbus, the PANDORE precision positioning/navigation/timing mission, and electrospray/iodine electric-propulsion constellations requiring active orbital maintenance. As with FreeForm, U-Space offers optional turnkey mission services: full satellite integration and end-to-end testing with ground-segment interoperability, hardware-in-the-loop simulator training, and standard in-orbit command, control and maintenance operations.
Documentation
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