Corvus-XL
Astro Digital
~81kg smallsat bus with electric and chemical propulsion, flown on DARPA Mandrake-2.
Technical specifications
- Mass
- ~81 kg
- Propulsion
- electric propulsion + monopropellant chemical thruster
- Flight heritage
- DARPA Mandrake-2 (twin satellites, optical inter-satellite links)
About
Corvus-XL is a larger member of Astro Digital’s Corvus bus family, used for the DARPA Mandrake-2 mission consisting of twin satellites demonstrating optical inter-satellite links built with SA Photonics payloads. The bus carries the same 3-axis ADCS suite as other Corvus platforms plus both electric propulsion and a monopropellant chemical thruster, giving it significantly more on-orbit maneuvering capability than the smaller Corvus-Micro bus.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
