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Dragonfly Bus
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150-200 kg class satellite bus designed for high-power payloads including synthetic aperture radar. Bus dry mass 150 kg (per SatCatalog); combined bus and payload capacity up to 400 kg. Accommodates payloads up to 250 kg mass in a 1000 x 1000 x 1000+ mm envelope. Solar array peak power up to 1130 W, orbit average power 710 W, energy storage up to 2400 Wh. Power supply to payload up to 3.5 kW (630 W orbit average). X-Band data downlink 1 Gbps. Pointing stability <0.002 deg/sec (3-sigma), accuracy <0.02 deg (3-sigma), slew rate up to 2 deg/sec. Xenon electric propulsion for orbit maintenance. Design life 8 years. Full redundancy on all components. The Dragonfly-C SAR satellite is the primary derived complete-satellite product.
Dragonfly Bus is a 150-200 kg class satellite bus for high-power Earth-observation payloads, including synthetic aperture radar payloads.[1][2]
SatCatalog gives a 150 kg dry mass for the bus, while Dragonfly product-launch coverage describes the platform as a 200 kg class bus.[1][2] The bus accommodates payloads up to 250 kg in a 1000 x 1000 x 1000+ mm envelope, with solar-array peak power up to 1130 W, 710 W orbit-average bus power, and up to 2400 Wh of energy storage.[1] Payload power is described as 3.5 kW peak, while orbit-average payload power is given as 630 W in the launch coverage and 710 W in the SatCatalog specification.[3][1]
The platform specification includes X-band downlink at 1 Gbps, pointing stability below 0.002 deg/sec, pointing accuracy below 0.02 deg, xenon electric propulsion for orbit maintenance, full component redundancy, and an eight-year design life.[1] The slew rate is up to 2.5 deg/sec.[4]
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- [1]Dragonfly Bus - SatCatalogcommunity2026-05-28
- [2]Dragonfly Aerospace Launches New Satellite Products - Space in Africathird party2026-05-28
- [3]Dragonfly Aerospace to Launch New Products, Satellite Buses and Imaging Satellites - SatNewsthird party2026-05-28
- [4]Dragonfly Bus technical specificationsoperator datasheet2026-10-19
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@misc{eoatlas:products:bus:dragonfly-bus,
title = {Dragonfly Bus},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/bus/dragonfly-bus}
}