Xplora 12U CubeSat
Our compact, affordable, high-performance Xplora 12U CubeSat contains all the essentials to operate your payload. The Xplora 12U is a standardised platform that can be tailored to fit your mission needs, including secure communications, propulsion, high-speed data links and deployable solar panels.
The Xplora 12U is perfect for:
- Technology in-orbit demonstration missions
- Educational missions
- Scientific missions
- IoT missions
- Radio communications missions
- Signal intelligence missions
- Commercial constellation missions
- Other missions with small payloads
The Xplora 12U can be customised allowing you to innovate and meet your mission goals, with payload volume and power suited to carrying advanced payloads in a single mission or multi-mission concepts
Xplora 12U Features
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KEY FEATURES
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12U
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Bus Mass
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8 kg
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Max Payload Mass
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16 kg
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Payload Volume
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Up to 11U
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Payload Power
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Up to 76 Wh/orbit, 215 W peak
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Power Bus
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3.3 V; 5 V; (3 V – 12V configurable)
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Pointing Accuracy
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±0.002 deg (1-sigma) 3 axes, 2 Trackers
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Max Slew Rate
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up to 5°/s
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Data Storage
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Up to 120 GB
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Data Buses
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SpaceWire, CAN, RS422 and TTL level UART
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Downlink
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Up to 50 Mbps
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Propulsion
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Optional
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Navigation
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GPS, 1-10m
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Security
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AES256 Encryption and Authentication
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Design Lifetime
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7 years in LEO
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