Orbital Astronautics (Guardian)
Constellation name | Guardian |
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Constellation field | Orbital Data Relay, 3D Imaging, SAR |
Constellation info |
24-hour access to satellites through an optical data relay inter-link and RF ground link. Semi-autonomous satellite and constellation management and space traffic management for OrbAstro platforms. |
Constellation status | Prototype(s) launched |
Launched satellites | 3 |
Planned satellites | ? |
Form factor | 6U |
Orbit | LEO |
Manufacturer | In-house |
First launch | 2022 |
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Photo source | [1] |
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Company | Orbital Astronautics (Orb Astro, OrbAstro) |
Oneliner |
OrbAstro (Orbital Astronautics Ltd) is a space technology company focused on compressing the upfront cost and lead-time to get from business idea to revenue generation, for companies utilising satellites. |
Description |
OBC contains an Ultrascale+ based OBC (4GB RAM, 256GB high-speed storage), full ADCS, reaction wheel controls, magnetorquer controls, star-trackers, camera interfaces, full SDR S-/X-band (up to 150Mbps), GPS, optical data link control & processing, and Kintex FPGA for heavy data-processing and AI applications. The baseline system provides a total processing power exceeding 2 TFLOPs. Fault tolerance (SEU and SEL protection) implemented on both hardware and software. Most of the systems are based on TMR for fault-tolerant logic. EDAC is implemented on all memory units. |
Funding | Yes |
Country | UK |
Founded | 2018 |
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Own nanosats launched |
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Own nanosats to be launched |
Last modified: 2023-05-31