# Pixxel Firefly Bus
*bus . products*

In-house-designed satellite bus underlying the six Pixxel Firefly satellites (FFLY-1 to FFLY-6). Custom rectangular microsatellite platform at approximately 60 kg total satellite mass (bus and payload combined; mass split not published). Flies in sun-synchronous orbit at approximately 550 km altitude. Propulsion on FFLY-1, FFLY-2, and FFLY-3 confirmed as Dawn Aerospace SatDrive green bi-propellant system (nitrous oxide and propene); propulsion for FFLY-4, FFLY-5, and FFLY-6 not separately confirmed. Peak downlink exceeding 500 Mbps reported in orbit; downlink frequency band not published. Pointing to tasked coordinates validated in-orbit; numeric pointing budget not published. Assembled, integrated, and tested at MegaPixxel, Pixxel's 30,000-plus square-foot Spacecraft AIT facility in Bengaluru (ISO Class 7 and 8 cleanrooms, capacity approximately 40 satellites per year). Platform is also licensed to Cosmoserve for an active debris removal demonstration mission (2026).

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **manufacturer**: pixxel
- **bus**: {"form_factor":"Custom microsatellite, approximately 60 kg class, sun-synchronous orbit"}
- **last verified date**: "2026-05-19T00:00:00.000Z"
- **verified by**: sw
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **deployment context**: orbital

## Compositional position
- pixxel-firefly-1 (missions) --[mission_buses]--> Pixxel Firefly Bus
- pixxel-firefly-2 (missions) --[mission_buses]--> Pixxel Firefly Bus
- pixxel-firefly-3 (missions) --[mission_buses]--> Pixxel Firefly Bus
- pixxel-firefly-4 (missions) --[mission_buses]--> Pixxel Firefly Bus
- pixxel-firefly-5 (missions) --[mission_buses]--> Pixxel Firefly Bus
- pixxel-firefly-6 (missions) --[mission_buses]--> Pixxel Firefly Bus

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