# 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.

## Specifications
- **product status**: operational
- **manufacturer**: dragonfly
- **bus**: {"platform_class":"mini"}
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-05-28
- **verified by**: sw
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: dragonfly
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## Editorial
RaptorSat is a Dragonfly platform-variant product integrated with the Raptor very-high-resolution multispectral imager.[^satcatalog-raptorsat] 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.[^satcatalog-raptorsat]

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.[^satcatalog-raptorsat] SatCatalog lists maritime domain awareness, disaster and crisis management, urban planning, defence, and intelligence as target applications for the product.[^satcatalog-raptorsat]

SatCatalog describes RaptorSat as in production.[^satcatalog-raptorsat]

## Sources
- [satcatalog-raptorsat] | RaptorSat - SatCatalog | https://www.satcatalog.com/component/raptorsat/ | tier=community | accessed=2026-05-28
- [dragonfly-raptorsat-page] | RaptorSat - Dragonfly Aerospace | https://dragonflyaerospace.com/satellites/raptorsat/ | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-05-28

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