hawaiisatHawaiiSat is an octagonal spacecraft with two general purpose avionics bay which utilizes selected redundancy and radiation hardened components. Honeycomb panel, body mounted solar panels and as-required deployable antenna(s) are baseline. Additional redundancy and radiation hardened component upgrades are available.

Baseline Bus Specifications

  • Size/Class: SmallSat
  • Mass: 100 kg
  • RF Power: 20W
  • ADCS Pointing: <1°
  • ADCS Knowledge: <1°
  • Communications: Up to 3Mbps (S-band)
  • Nominal Mission Lifetime: 3 year
  • Design Maturity: Through CDR

Payload Support

  • Volume: Ø42 x 22 cm (internal)
  • Mass: 30 kg
  • Data Storage: 4 GB typical
  • Power/Duty Cycle: 80W @ 100% duty cycle

ROM Cost

  • Spacecraft: $6M
  • Launch: $5M
  • Operations: $2M