6U SUPERNOVA CubeSat Bus
Pumpkin, Inc.
Flight-proven 6U CubeSat bus with 4U payload volume, 68W peak solar power, Linux-based computing, and multi-band RF — 6-month lead time.
Technical specifications
- Form Factor
- 6U CubeSat
- Payload Volume
- 4U
- Peak Solar Power (BoL)
- 68 W
- Peak Payload Power
- 160 W
- Peak Regulated Power
- 500 W
- Energy Storage
- 100 Wh
- Bus Voltage
- 3.3–30 V
- Onboard Data Storage
- 32 GB
- Downlink Data Rate
- <100 Mbps
- Uplink Data Rate
- 20 kbps
- RF Bands
- UHF/L/S/X-band
- Design Life (LEO)
- 5 years
- Design Life (GEO)
- 2 years
- Lead Time
- 6 months
- Status
- Flight Qualified / Space Proven
About
The Pumpkin 6U SUPERNOVA is a complete, flight-proven nanosatellite bus offering 4U of payload volume in a 6U form factor. Built around a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 running Linux, it provides 32GB onboard data storage, 68W peak solar power, and up to 160W peak payload power with 500W peak regulated power. Energy storage is 100Wh from a lithium-ion battery, and bus voltage is configurable from 3.3–30V.
The SUPERNOVA RF system supports UHF/L/S/X-band at data rates from 9 B/s to 100 Mbps downlink and 20 kbps uplink, with CCSDS and TCP-IP/UDP protocols. ADCS provides 20 arcsec knowledge at 0.001°/s and 0.01° pointing at the same rate. Design lifetimes are 5 years LEO and 2 years GEO. Standard lead time is 6 months from order.
Documentation
No public datasheet yet — request the datasheet / ICD from the supplier.
