Key highlights

Space Inventor’s 6U satellite platform delivers high performance tailored for fine pointing, high agility, and high-speed communication within CubeSat standards. Designed with mission reliability in mind, it features full redundancy with dual communication and battery buses. The satellite is equipped with 100 mNms reaction wheels, a star tracker, and high-speed X-band downlink, providing advanced capabilities in a compact format.

This platform is ideal for missions requiring high-performance standards without the larger payload volume of microsatellites. Its robust design supports a range of ambitious applications, including military missions, Earth observation, rendezvous, tactical communication, and more—offering microsatellite-level performance in a compact 6U platform.

Applications

  • Educational missions
  • BIU missions
  • In-orbit demonstration missions
  • Scientific missions
  • IoT missions

Key features

Your payload dimensions: 
2.5 Units
Reaction Wheels: 
100 mNms / 20 mNm
Payload Data Interfaces: 
CAN, Ethernet, RS422 SpaceWire, LVDS
Solar Panel Configuration: 
Up to 75 W in sun-tracking mode
Radio Links:
Redundant 2200 - 2290 MHz 10 Mbps downlink via S-band 7900 - 8400 MHz 100  Mbps  downlink via X-band
Power: 
Nominal voltage: 28 V
Capacity: 100-200 Whr Dual hot redundant
Fully separated buses
Redundant Data Storage:
64 GB
Control Modes (using any vector  in body frame):
Nadir, Inertial, Sun Pointing, Ground Spot Tracking, Ground Track, Dual mode
Attitude Determination: 
1 x Star Tracker: Cross Bore Axis 1.5 arcsec  Bore axis 10 arcsec, 2 x Gyros,  2 x Magnetometers,  6 x Sun Sensor

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Last updated: 2026-01-08

6U Satellite

list price: starts at 650,000 EUR

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lead time: 9 mo

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