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Heritage in Space

Delivering advanced and dependable spacecraft solutions with a proven track record of 365 days on-orbit heritage, from cubesats to ESPA class.

Meet Our Family of Spacecraft Bus Products

Satellite bus

    • Size: 4U through 16U

    • Payload Envelope: 4U 8 kg

    • Watts: 34V

    • Numbers Flown in Space: 13

    • Days on Orbit: More than 1,300 days

Satellite bus

    • Size: 40 through 100 kg

    • Volume: 24"x24"x24"

    • Payload Envelope: 4U 8 kg

    • Watts: 34V

    • Numbers Flown in Space: 4

    • Days on Orbit: More than 1,100 days

Satellite bus

    • Size: 100 to 200 kg

    • Volume: 24"x28"x50"

    • Payload Envelope: 4U 8 kg

    • Watts: 34V

    • Numbers Flown in Space: 4

    • Days on Orbit: More than 1,100 days

End-to-end spacecraft facilities

We have full in-house capability for spacecraft engineering design, assembly, integration testing, and on-orbit operations

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Our Services

    • Requirements management

    • Working Group/TIM Support

    • Budget, Schedule, Milestone, & CDRL Tracking

    • Configuration Management

    • Risk Management

    • Mission & System Architecture & Design

    • Orbital & Trajectory Analysis, Maneuver Planning

    • Technical Budgets: Link, Power, Pointing, Mass

    • ICD Development & Maintenance

    • Application of DfX Techniques

    • Thermal & Structural Analysis

    • PCBA design, fabrication, & qualification

    • Power Conversion & Regulation

    • Payload Specific Electronics

    • Functional & Performance Testing Throughout Assembly & Environmental Campaign

    • Experience Producing Medium Volume/High Mix PCBA’s

    • In-house PCBA rework & Harness Fabrication

    • Streamlined Procurement Process

    • Inventory Control & Quality Inspections

    • Ground Station Commissioning & Maintenance

    • Ground Software for On-Orbit Automation

    • 24/7 On-Call Support

    • Global Coverage Via Astro Digital & Partner Ground Stations

    • Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOPS)

    • Launch Integration services

    • Spacecraft-to-LV ICDs

    • LV Fit Checks

    • Launch Site Activities

    • Launch Service Agreement (LSA) management, requirements compliance verifications

    • Launch slot procurement

    • Launch integration logistics

    • Payload accommodation

    • Spacecraft-to-Payload ICD

    • Payload User's Guide

    • Payload-to-Ground ICD

    • Launch and Early Orbits Phase (LEOPS)

    • Satellite and Payload On-Orbit Operations

Proven On-Orbit Heritage Avionics

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    Command & Data Handling

    • Transceiver: UHF Tx & S Tx/Rx

    • Keep-Alive Batteries: 160 W-Hrs

    • Power & Charging Regulation

    • GPS Receiver

    • Flexible I/O

    • Native Interfaces: GbE, UART, USB

    • Heritage: 26 Flown

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    High Data Rate Communication

    • Full Duplex High Data-Rate Communications

    • Configurable Ka or X-Band Tx

    • S-Band Receiver

    • Real-Time ModCod Adjustment

    • DVB-S2X standard

    • Heritage: 10 Flown

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    Mission Specific Payload Electronics

    • Dedicated Computer for Payload Operations

    • Power Distribution Board

    • Reregulated power to payload components

    • Ethernet Switch

    • Heritage: 3 Flown

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    Power Storage

    • 21-36V

    • 280 W-Hrs per pack

    • Embedded Protection Circuitry

    • Heritage: 16 Flown

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    Power Generation

    • Various sizes & mounting solutions

    • Flight-qualified fabrication & testing

    • Heritage: 50+ Flown

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    Attitude & Control

    • Coarse Attitude Determination Sensor

    • Torque Control Board

    • Reaction Wheel Power Board

Our Story

Orbit Systems brings 10 years of team history focused on design, development, launch, and operations of a family of spacecraft for LEO, GEO, cislunar space, and beyond.

We’ve delivered dozens of spacecraft accumulating over 5,000 days of on-orbit mission operations.