CubeSat Platforms

0.25 to 0.5 Units

Credit: TU Berlin
  • Design based on BEESAT-5…8 and BEESAT-10…13 of TU Berlin
  • Payload capacity: 35 cm³ and 100 grams at 0.33 units
  • Unique features: fully redundant design, attitude control using magnetorquers, orbit determination using GNSS receivers, corner-cube reflectors for laser ranging from ground, communication (downlink) up to 2 Mbit/s
  • Possible applications: internet of things (IoT), on-orbit verification (OOV)

1 Unit

Credit: TU Berlin
  • Design based on BEESAT, BEESAT-2, BEESAT-4 and BEESAT-9 of TU Berlin
  • Payload capacity: 85 cm³ and 100 grams
  • Unique features: redundant design, attitude control using reaction wheels, orbit determination using GNSS receivers, corner-cube reflectors for laser ranging from ground, communication up to 2 Mbit/s
  • Possible applications: internet of things (IoT), Earth observation (VIS) at 30 metres ground sampling distance, on-orbit verification (OOV)

2 to 3 Units

Credit: TU Berlin
Credit: TU Berlin

  • Design based on developments of NanoFF project at TU Berlin
  • Payload capacity: 1700 cm³ and 3 kg
  • Unique features: redundant design, attitude control using reaction wheels, orbit determination using GNSS receivers, propulsion system for orbit control, corner-cube reflectors for laser ranging from ground, communications with 4 Mbit/s
  • Possible applications: multispectral Earth observation (30 metres GSD at VIS channels, 90 metres GSD at TIR channel), on-orbit verification (OOV)

6 Units or Customized

Credit: TU Berlin
  • Design based on developments of SALSAT project at TU Berlin
  • Payload capacity: 4U and 8 kg
  • Total mass: up to 12 kg
  • Unique features: redundant design, attitude control using reaction wheels, orbit determination using GNSS receivers, propulsion system for orbit control, corner-cube reflectors for laser ranging from ground, communications with up to 100 Mbit/s
  • Possible applications: hyperspectral Earth observation, on-orbit verification (OOV), robotic applications