Landmapper
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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- Landmapper BC 1, COSPAR 2017-042Y, launched 14.07.2017 on Soyuz 2-1a rocket. Satellite failed shortly after being successfully deployed into orbit.
- Landmapper BC 2, COSPAR 2017-042X, launched 14.07.2017 on Soyuz 2-1a rocket. Satellite failed shortly after being successfully deployed into orbit.
- Landmapper HD, suborbital, launched 02.08.2017 on Vector-R rocket. Suborbital test flight of a Landmapper-HD.[5]
- Landmapper BC 3, COSPAR 2017-F05, launched 28.11.2017 on Soyuz 2-1b rocket. Launch failure, satellite lost.
- Landmapper BC 3 v2, COSPAR 2018-004H, launched 12.01.2018 on PSLV-XL rocket.
- Landmapper BC 4, COSPAR 2018-099K, launched 03.12.2018 on Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) rocket.
- Landmapper BC 5, COSPAR 2020-085C, launched 20.11.2020 on Electron rocket.
All satellites are also known by their former name Corvus (so for example Corvus BC 1 etc.)
References
- ^ "Astro Digital Landmapper Constellation Orbital Debris Assessment Report". 8 April 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ Krebs, Gunter. "Landmapper-BC 1, ..., 12 (Corvus-BC 1, ..., 12)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Landmapper-BC 1, ..., 12 (Corvus-BC 1, ..., 12)".
- ^ "Landmapper-HD 1, ..., 20 (Corvus-HD 1, ..., 20)".
- ^ "Vector micro-rocket launch w/ Astro Digital". 3 August 2017.
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- Shijian 13
- Cygnus CRS OA-7 , (ALTAIR , CXBN-2 , IceCube , SG-Sat , SHARC)
- Soyuz MS-04
- Tianzhou 1, SilkRoad-1
- USA-276 / NROL-76
- Koreasat 7, SGDC-1
- GSAT 9 / South Asia Satellite
- Inmarsat-5 F4
- SES-15
- "It's a Test"
- EKS-2
- QZS-2
- ViaSat-2, Eutelsat 172B
- Dragon CRS-11 (NICER, BRAC Onnesha, GhanaSat-1, Mazaalai, Nigeria EduSat-1)
- GSAT-19
- EchoStar 21
- Progress MS-06
- HXMT / Insight, ÑuSat 3
- ChinaSat 9A
- Cartosat-2E, Max Valier Sat, Aalto-1, Blue Diamond, Green Diamond, Red Diamond, CICERO-6, COMPASS-2, InflateSail, Lemur-2 × 8, LituanicaSAT-2, ROBUSTA-1B
- Kosmos 2519 / Nivelir, Kosmos 2521 / Sputnik Inspektor
- BulgariaSat-1
- Iridium NEXT × 10
- EuropaSat / Hellas Sat 3, GSAT-17
- Shijian-18†
- Intelsat 35e
- Kanopus-V-IK, Flying Laptop, Flock-2k × 48, Landmapper BC 1, Landmapper BC 2, Lemur-2 × 8
- Soyuz MS-05
- OPTSAT-3000, VENµS
- Dragon CRS-12, ASTERIA
- Blagovest 11L
- TDRS-M
- Michibiki 3
- Formosat-5
- ORS-5
- IRNSS-1H
- USA-277 / OTV-5
- Amazonas 5
- Soyuz MS-06
- Kosmos 2522 / GLONASS-M 752
- USA-278 / NROL-42
- AsiaSat 9
- Yaogan-30-01 × 3
- Intelsat 37e, BSAT-4a
- VRSS-2
- Iridium NEXT × 10
- QZS-4
- SES-11 / EchoStar 105
- Sentinel-5 Precursor
- Progress MS-07
- USA-279 / Quasar 21
- Koreasat 5A
- SkySat × 6 , Flock-3m × 4
- BeiDou-3 M1, BeiDou-3 M2
- Mohammed VI-A
- Cygnus CRS OA-8E (Asgardia-1, EcAMSat, Lemur-2 × 8, TechEdSat-6)
- Fengyun-3D
- NOAA-20
- Jilin-1 Video × 3
- Yaogan-30-02 (3 satellites)
- Meteor-M No.2-1, Landmapper BC 3, Lemur-2 × 10
- Kosmos 2524
- LKW-1
- Alcomsat-1
- Galileo FOC 15-18
- Dragon CRS-13
- Soyuz MS-07
- GCOM-C, SLATS
- Iridium NEXT 31–40
- Yaogan-30-03 × 3
- AngoSat 1
Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
External links
- Astro Digital: Our satellites Archived 2018-10-21 at the Wayback Machine