XB3 3U CubeSat Bus
Blue Canyon Technologies
TRL-9 3U CubeSat bus with 1.5U payload volume, 27 W solar power, ±0.003° pointing. Flight-proven to GEO.
Technical specifications
- Form Factor
- 3U CubeSat
- Payload Volume
- 1.5U
- Solar Power
- up to 27 W
- Battery
- 6.8 Ah
- Pointing Accuracy (2-axis)
- ±0.003°
- Pointing Accuracy (3rd axis)
- ±0.007°
- Downlink
- up to 10 Mbps (X-band), 2 Mbps (S-band)
- Storage
- > 4 GB
- Design Life
- 5 years LEO, 2 years GEO
About
The XB3 is Blue Canyon Technologies’ TRL-9 standardized 3U CubeSat bus with 1.5U payload volume. Features 27 W solar power, 6.8 Ah battery, ±0.003° (2-axis) pointing accuracy, up to 10 Mbps X-band downlink, and > 4 GB storage. Electric and chemical propulsion options available. Design life 5 years LEO, 2 years GEO.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
