# CO3D Platform
*bus . products*

Compact all-electric Airbus Earth-observation satellite platform used for the four-satellite CO3D constellation.

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **manufacturer**: airbus-ds
- **bus**: {"form_factor":"compact all-electric EO satellite platform","platform_class":"mini"}
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-11
- **verified by**: sw
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: airbus-ds
- **mass kg**: 300
- **form factor**: S250 compact all-electric smallsat
- **orbit compat**: SSO 495-502km
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## Editorial
The CO3D Platform is a compact all-electric Earth-observation satellite bus developed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space for the CO3D (Constellation Optique 3D) programme.[^airbus-co3d-press-2025] The platform follows the S250 smallsat form factor and carries an optical stereo imager, enabling sub-metre stereo mapping from a four-satellite constellation operated by CNES.[^eoportal-co3d]

Four satellites share an identical bus design, each flying a sun-synchronous orbit at 495-502 km altitude. Published mass figures for the S1-4 unit range from approximately 285 kg to 300 kg.[^gunters-co3d][^eoportal-co3d] Peak and average power figures have not been published in open sources as of the research date.

## Sources
- [airbus-co3d-press-2025] | New generation Airbus-built optical constellation CO3D satellites en route for launch - Airbus press release | https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2025-06-new-generation-airbus-built-optical-constellation-co3d-satellites-en | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-06-11
- [eoportal-co3d] | Optical Constellation in Three Dimensions (CO3D) - eoPortal | https://www.eoportal.org/satellite-missions/co3d-constellation | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-11
- [gunters-co3d] | CO3D 1, 2, 3, 4 - Gunter's Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/co3d.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-11

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