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ESA · Earth Observation · 2018

Earth-ObservationPlatform

A high-resolution imaging satellite tracking climate and land-use change. Led the primary structural bus and payload integration—from raw composite panels to a flight-qualified spacecraft.

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01 STRUCTURAL BUS
02 PAYLOAD MODULE
03 SOLAR ARRAYS
04 ANTENNA & DEPLOY
05 FLIGHT-QUALIFIED
PHASE 01

Structural Bus

Machined composite panels bonded into the primary load-bearing frame.

1,140kg
LAUNCH MASS
11.4m
DEPLOYED SPAN
2.6kW
POWER (BOL)
7yr
DESIGN LIFE

Built to a tenth of a millimetre.

PRIMARY STRUCTURE

CFRP sandwich panels with aluminium honeycomb core, titanium fittings at all major load interfaces.

POINTING ACCURACY

Better than 0.03° three-axis stabilisation, validated across the full thermal-vacuum envelope.

QUALIFICATION

Sine & random vibration, acoustic, and 14-day thermal-vacuum cycling to ESA ECSS standards.

PROGRAM PARTNERS
ESA
Prime customer
Beyond Gravity
Structures & integration
Prime Contractor
Spacecraft bus
Launch Provider
LEO injection
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