Mercury Series CubeSat Dispensers
Maverick Space Systems
Maverick Space Systems' flagship hardware line: a family of lightweight, flight-proven CubeSat dispensers (Mercury-3, -6, -6T, -12, -12T, -16) that mechanically stow and spring-eject rail- or tab-type CubeSats from launch vehicles into orbit.
Technical specifications
- Mercury-3
- 3U lightweight dispenser, rail-type CubeSats, qualified to NASA GEVS levels, flight-proven
- Mercury-6
- 6U lightweight dispenser, rail-type CubeSats, qualified to NASA GEVS levels, flight-proven
- Mercury-6T
- 6U tab-based dispenser, tab-type CubeSats, over 50% reduction in gRMS environment transmission, flight-proven
- Mercury-12
- 12U lightweight dispenser, rail-type CubeSats
- Mercury-12T
- 12U tab-based dispenser, tab-type CubeSats, over 50% reduction in gRMS environment transmission, flight-proven
- Mercury-16
- 16U rail-type dispenser, fully qualified to SpaceX Rideshare levels
- Maverick NLAS
- Ruggedized 6U rail-type dispenser (alternatively holds 2x3U CubeSats), NASA Ames heritage, flight-proven
About
The Mercury Series is Maverick Space Systems’ flagship line of CubeSat dispensers used to stow, protect, and eject nano/microsatellites during launch and orbital insertion. The lineup spans multiple form factors: Mercury-3 (3U, rail-type), Mercury-6 (6U, rail-type), Mercury-6T (6U, tab-type, over 50% reduction in gRMS environment transmission to the payload), Mercury-12 (12U, rail-type), Mercury-12T (12U, tab-type, same reduced-shock benefit), and Mercury-16 (16U, rail-type, qualified to SpaceX Rideshare vibration/shock levels). Rail-type units are qualified to NASA GEVS qualification levels. Several variants are flight-proven with on-orbit heritage. The dispensers support both government and commercial small-satellite missions, including rideshare launches and dedicated smallsat launch vehicles, and are marketed alongside Maverick’s ruggedized Maverick NLAS dispenser (derived from NASA Ames heritage) as part of Maverick’s broader end-to-end launch solutions offering, which also includes ESPA-class separation systems and payload aggregation/mission integration services.
Documentation
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