12U Nanosatellite Structure
The 12U-platform is based on GomSpace's new modular systems that provide professional 6U and larger platforms for commercial missions with high demands for payload space and orbit control.
Applications
- Technology demonstration missions
- Large science missions
- Commercial missions
Flexibility
With the 12U-Platform you get the perfect match for your mission.
You can:
- Add large payloads
- Mix with your own platform subsystems
- Mix with subsystems from other vendors
- Use the large size to support very high-power requirements
- Integrate Optical downlinks or payloads
- Use secondary structures for pre-assemble and test of payloads
12U configuration
- Default structure mass: 1,496 g
- 8U available for Payload
- High degree of freedom for hardware mounting with secondary structures
- Four killswitches
- All threaded holes have helicoils for grounding with structure vibration tested to ECSS and NASA, 14.1GRMS
- Material:
- Alu 7075
- Rails – hard anodised
- Structure – Surtec 650 TCP
- Outside measurements without kill switches: 340.5 x 226.3 x 226.3 mm
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