NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Satlantis GARAI

Launch Time
NET October, 2024

Rocket

Alpha
Image Credit: Firefly Aerospace
Firefly
Status: Active
Price: $15.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 801 kN
Payload to LEO: 1,030 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 29.48 m
Fairing Diameter: 2.2 m
Fairing Height: 5.0 m

Mission Details

iSIM-170 VNIR SWIR

iSIM-170 is the highest-resolution optical payload of the iSIM family. It is a cost-effective instrument specifically designed for microsatellites, with flight heritage and proven sub-meter resolution.

The payload includes the optical front-end as well as state-of-the-art CMOS matrix detectors and an electronics subsystem for payload management and control.

With a total mass of 15kg, iSIM-170 can achieve sub-meter resolution from an altitude of 500 km. It covers the Visible & Near InfraRed (VNIR) spectral range, offering both panchromatic and multispectral capabilities according to the user's needs.

The optomechanics is configurable to provide single or dual channel, for more spectral bands and more swath.

The Super Resolution algorithm developed by SATLANTIS can improve the spatial resolution by a factor of at least 2.5 beyond the instrument's native resolution. Furthermore, a newly developed Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) option is also available for this payload, with an extended spectral range of up to 1700nm. iSIM-170 payloads are customizable both in terms of spectral range and number of channels, allowing imaging in VNIR and SWIR simultaneously in dual channel configuration, or any of the two (VNIR / SWIR) in a more compact single-channel configuration. The mass of the payload was shared as <15 kg.

Payloads: 1

iSIM-90 VNIR SWIR

iSIM-90 is the lightest and most compact optical payload of the iSIM family. It has been purposefully designed to fit 12U/16U CubeSat platforms while keeping a high performance-to-mass ratio.

The payload includes the optical front-end as well as state-of-the-art CMOS matrix detectors and an electronics subsystem for payload management and control. With a total mass below 6kg, iSIM-90 can achieve ground resolution down to 1.65m from an altitude of 500km. It covers the Visible & Near Infrared (VNIR) spectral range, offering both panchromatic and multispectral imaging capabilities according to the user's needs.

With a total mass below 6kg, iSIM-90 can achieve a GSD <2m from an altitude of 500km. It covers the Visible & Near InfraRed (VNIR) spectral range, offering both panchromatic and multispectral capabilities according to the user's needs.

The optomechanics is configurable to provide single or dual channel, for more spectral bands and more swath.

The Super Resolution algorithm developed by SATLANTIS can improve the spatial resolution by a factor of at least 2.5, beyond the instrument's native resolution.

Furthermore, a newly developed Short-Wave Infrared (SWIR) option is also available for this payload, with an extended spectral range of up to 1700nm. iSIM-90 payloads are customizable both in terms of spectral range and number of channels, allowing imaging in VNIR and SWIR simultaneously in dual channel configuration, or any of the two (VNIR/SWIR) in a more compact single-channel configuration.

Payloads: 1

Location

SLC-2W, Vandenberg SFB, California, USA