RaptorSat
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Dragonfly Aerospace platform variant integrating the Raptor imager. Dry mass reported as 201 kg (SatCatalog; bus-versus-total attribution unconfirmed). Reference orbit 500 km altitude. Imaging capability: 0.5 m PAN in 2 bands, 2 m multispectral in 6 bands, 8 km swath, 170,000 km2 per day ground coverage. Geolocation accuracy under 65 m (3-sigma). Pointing: under 0.01 deg (3-sigma) accuracy, under 0.0015 deg/sec (3-sigma) stability, slew rate up to 4 deg/sec. Design life 5 years. Status: in production. Targets maritime domain awareness, disaster and crisis management, urban planning, and defence and intelligence applications.
RaptorSat is a Dragonfly platform-variant product integrated with the Raptor very-high-resolution multispectral imager.[1] The imaging specification gives 0.5 m panchromatic ground sample distance in two panchromatic bands, 2 m multispectral ground sample distance in six multispectral bands, an 8 km swath, and 170000 km2 per day ground coverage.[1]
Platform figures include 500 km reference orbit, geolocation accuracy below 65 m, pointing accuracy below 0.01 deg, pointing stability below 0.0015 deg/sec, slew rate up to 4 deg/sec, and a five-year design life.[1] SatCatalog lists maritime domain awareness, disaster and crisis management, urban planning, defence, and intelligence as target applications for the product.[1]
SatCatalog describes RaptorSat as in production.[1]
Pricing not publicly listed by operator
- [1]RaptorSat - SatCatalogcommunity2026-05-28
- [2]RaptorSat - Dragonfly Aerospaceoperator marketing2026-05-28
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RaptorSat. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/bus/raptorsat (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:products:bus:raptorsat,
title = {RaptorSat},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/bus/raptorsat}
}