Corvus-BC (Landmapper-BC)
Astro Digital
6U XL CubeSat earth observation bus delivering 22m 3-band multispectral imaging.
Technical specifications
- Dimensions
- 366 x 239 x 113 mm
- Mass
- ~11-11.5 kg
- Imaging resolution
- 22 m, 3-band (R/G/NIR)
- Downlink
- Ka-band
- Lifetime
- 5 years design life
- Flight heritage
- BC3v2 (Jan 2018, PSLV-XL), BC4 (Dec 2018, Falcon 9) successful; BC1/BC2 (2017) and BC3 (2017) lost
About
Corvus-BC, also known as Landmapper-BC, is a 6U XL CubeSat earth observation bus providing 22-meter resolution 3-band (red, green, near-infrared) imaging with Ka-band downlink and a 5-year design life. The Landmapper-BC program has flown multiple units: BC1 and BC2 failed at launch in 2017, BC3 was lost later that year, BC3v2 succeeded in January 2018 on a PSLV-XL, and BC4 succeeded in December 2018 on a Falcon 9, giving the bus a mixed but ultimately flight-proven track record for multispectral land-imaging missions.
Documentation
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