Landmapper is a remote sensing satellite constellation built and operated by Astro Digital (formerly known as Aquila Space).[1] It consists of two separate satellite designs: Landmapper-BC and Landmapper-HD (formerly known as Corvus-BC and Corvus-HD[2]). These satellites will be launched into Sun synchronous orbits varying in altitude between 625 km and 475 km. Both satellites are designed to CubeSat standards: 6U XL for Landmapper-BC, and 16U for Landmapper-HD. They will be contained in deployers designed by Innovative Solutions in Launch of the Netherlands and ECM Launch Services of Germany. These deployers are to be included on board a variety of launch vehicles, including the SpaceX Falcon 9, Rocket Lab Electron, Glavkosmos Soyuz, Antrix PSLV, and European Space Agency Vega.

Each Landmapper-BC spacecraft carries three separate cameras to gather 22 meter resolution imagery in the red, green, and near-infrared spectral bands. The Landmapper-HD satellite design includes a larger telescope to gather 2.5 meter resolution imagery in blue, green, red, red edge, and near-infrared spectral bands. This imagery is processed on-board and then downlinked over a miniaturized high-speed Ka-band transmitter. The common satellite bus uses reaction wheels, magnetic torque coils, star trackers, magnetometers, Sun sensors, and gyroscopes to enable precision 3-axis pointing without the use of propellant.

Satellites

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All satellites are also known by their former name Corvus (so for example Corvus BC 1 etc.)

References

  1. ^ "Astro Digital Landmapper Constellation Orbital Debris Assessment Report". 8 April 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  2. ^ Krebs, Gunter. "Landmapper-BC 1, ..., 12 (Corvus-BC 1, ..., 12)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Landmapper-BC 1, ..., 12 (Corvus-BC 1, ..., 12)".
  4. ^ "Landmapper-HD 1, ..., 20 (Corvus-HD 1, ..., 20)".
  5. ^ "Vector micro-rocket launch w/ Astro Digital". 3 August 2017.

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