Remove-Before-Flight (RBF) Pin and Lanyard
Pumpkin, Inc.
A Remove-Before-Flight (RBF) pin and lanyard used to engage the RBF pin/switch of a CubeSat Kit, keeping the satellite powered off during ground handling and integration.
Technical specifications
- SKU
- 710-00300
- Mass
- 17 g
- Hardware classification
- Development Hardware | Flight Hardware | Space Proven
About
The Remove-Before-Flight (RBF) Pin and Lanyard is a small ground-support accessory used with the CubeSat Kit. This pin engages the Remove-Before-Flight (RBF) pin of the CubeSat Kit, which is the mechanism used to keep a CubeSat’s electronics safely powered off (or in a ground-safe state) while it is being handled, integrated, or stowed in a deployer prior to launch; the pin is physically pulled just before flight to allow the satellite to activate.
The product is listed as Development Hardware, Flight Hardware, and Space Proven, indicating it has flight heritage and is used across both engineering/development units and actual flight CubeSats built around the Pumpkin CubeSat Kit architecture.
Mass: 17 g.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
