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IMTsrl (BISS)

Constellation name	BISS
Constellation area	IoT / M2M
Constellation info	End-to-end solution to provide connectivity services via satellite network via LoRa standard for downlink and LoRa-E for uplink.
Constellation status	Early stage
Launched satellites	0
Planned satellites	?
Form factor	6U
Manufacturer	In-house
First launch	?
Notes	C-DST – CubeSAT Deep Space X-Band Transponder, 2021-06-02. Update at 4S 2024. The μSADA is designed for 6U and 12U CubeSATs. It increases the OAP (orbit average power) thanks the two deployable solar arrays and the pointing mechanism. The two wings could be pointed, around one gimbal axis, towards to the sun and increase the generated up to 120W (or over, basing on the number of foils for each wing). Problems due to cables saturations during the array rotation are avoided thanks the slip rings designed by IMT. Each wing has a dedicated Slip Ring assembly and servo-motor chains (SADM) to assure the reliability of the system and to avoid that a wing failure propagates to the other one. The μSADA is funded by ESA in the GSTP framework and recently it has been validated according to ECSS reaching a TRL6. Key element of deep space CubeSat missions is the communication system, which needs to be DSN/ESTRACK compatible, small, light, and not power-hungry. Such a unit does not exist in Europe, at the moment.

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Name	IMT (Ingegneria Marketing Technologies)
Oneliner	IMT System Laboratory has extensive experience in Space Systems Engineering activities for: Design and Development of Nano/Micro-satellites and relevant On-board units for commercial, scientific and defense applications.
Funding	Yes
Country	Italy
Founded	1991

Last modified: 2024-05-22

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