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Platform Options

Platform
Options

Sending A Payload Into Space Requires A Mode Of Transportation Or “Space Platform.” Sidus Offers Several Space Platforms Depending On Mission Needs, Budget, And Timeframe. For special or customized missions, we offer design services to provide your payloads access to space.  

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PLATFORM

The most economical and turnkey platform to get your mission off the ground. Our LizzieSat™ platform is manufactured in-house using composite additive manufacturing technologies which allows for rapid, agile development of the spacecraft. It also has a modular design which creates flexibility for easy integration of customer payloads.

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PLATFORM

EFTP

The External Flight Test Platform offers multiple industries the ability to develop, test, fly and return experiments, hardware, materials, and advanced electronics on the ISS. ​

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PLATFORM

Phoenix Deployer
& SSIKLOPS

Deploy your own Custom Built Sidus Satellite or Launch a Full Constellation.

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Complete our quick 5 minute Mission Planner and we will help get you started. It’s OK if you leave things blank, we’re here to fill in the gaps.

Ready to Access Space?

Complete our quick 5 minute Mission Planner and we will help get you started. It’s OK if you leave things blank, we’re here to fill in the gaps.
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SPACE PLATFORM

LizzieSatTM

SPECS & DETAILS

Our flagship Multi-Mission Satellite is your turn-key access to space. Capable of housing custom payloads for any customer mission. LizzieSat seamlessly links with the Sidus constellation leveraging the full in-space services of the Sidus fleet to dramatically enhance the collection and intelligent analysis of your space-born data returning richer, more precise data Down-to-Earth in less time. When the capabilities need to be tailored to your mission we offer design services to provide your payloads access to space.

On Board Features:

  • S-band for Telemetry, Tracking & Command (TT&C)
  • X-band Downlink for Payload Data Transfer
  • Launch Vehicle Agnostic into Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
  • Multiple Sensor Integration and Data Aggregation
  • On-Orbit Integrated Edge AI
  • Lightweight, Advanced, 3D Printed Materials
  • Aluminum Honeycomb+ Continuous Carbon Fiber for Ultra-High Strength
  • Rapid Modular Integration of Technologies
  • Space Proven Subsystems
  • 100kg mass (up to 35kg Dedicated to Technology and Data Collection)
  • Demand for Propulsion System (Optional)
  • Satellite Constellation Owned and Managed by Sidus Space
  • Health & status monitoring for customer payloads
  • Payload capabilities: 35kg*, 27U*, & up to 28V power supply (*If propulsion option is selected, payload capacity is 20kg & 18U)

Ideal For:

LizzieSat™ modular design allows for agile and flexible integration of new sensor technologies to meet emerging market demands:

  • Automatic Identification System (AIS) Tracking
  • Hyperspectral Imaging
  • Multispectral (Visible Near Infra-Red/Shortwave Infra-Red)
  • Near-Infrared
  • On-board Edge Compute Processing

Providing data solutions for:​

    • Agriculture detection, monitoring, yield prediction, health, and supply chain management​
    • Energy infrastructure production monitoring, oil and gas, renewables, and smart-cities​
    • Watershed monitoring, water quality assessment, green infrastructures​
    • Planetary health, climate, natural disasters, associated economic impact​
    • Immigration, border control, monitoring migration routes

… or anything else you can Imagine.

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SPACE PLATFORMS

External Flight Test Platform (EFTP)

PLATFORM DETAILS

Accessing space using the EFTP provides you with amazing cost-affordable benefits kind of like flying with the amenities of first-class, for the price of coach.

Amenities Include:

  • Integration and delivery to the ISS
  • Typical deployment period of 15 weeks
  • Payloads can be returned after the mission
  • Highly reconfigurable platform
  • Available space: 1100 in3 (payloads are NOT required to conform to CubeSat form factors)
  • Power: 28V connectors (up to 2 available)
  • Flight computer available to support a wide array of sensor data
  • Wake and Nadir viewing available
  • Additive and traditional manufacturing available to support payload development
  • Two left-hand circular polarized (LHCP) spiral antenna
  • Frequency band of 2 to 18 GHz (nadir and zenith facing)
  • GPS patch antenna option

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SPACE PLATFORMS

Phoenix Deployer & SSIKLOPS

PROCESS & SPECS

Deploy your own Custom Built Sidus Satellite or Launch a Full Constellation.

The Process:

1. Work with Sidus Space to:
  • Design, manufacture & build your spacecraft and payload
  • Flight prep and manage your launch to the ISS

2. Utilize Sidus Deployment Platforms Directly from the ISS most reliable infrastructure in space.

CubeSat Deployment

Phoenix Deployer: A low-cost and high availability deployer option for CubeSats within the 1U to 12U range.

  • 3U CubeSats (Up to 12)
  • 6U CubeSats (Up to 6)
  • 12 U CubeSats (Up to 3)

Larger CubeSat & Satellite Deployment

Space Station Integrated Kinetic Launcher for Orbital Payload Systems (SSIKLOPS) fills the payload deployment gap between small CubeSat launchers and major payloads by supporting the microsatellite market (50-100kg)​.
  • Frequent Launch Opportunities utilizing resupply vehicles
  • LEO deployer for small satellites (Up to 116 kg)
  • Flexible deployment for satellites with uncommon shapes and sizes