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SumbandilaSat bus

Mission-specific SunSpace small-satellite bus used for South Africa's SumbandilaSat/ZA-002 mission.

SumbandilaSat bus is the mission-specific small-satellite bus used for SumbandilaSat / ZA-002. The mission was a South African Earth-observation satellite developed and produced locally, and it deorbited on 2021-12-10 after about three years of operational service.^[1] The bus is micro-class by the 81 kg spacecraft mass.^[2] The spacecraft was locally developed and produced in South Africa, with SunSpace / Stellenbosch heritage associated with the bus.^[1]^[2]

Operator pricing

Pricing not publicly listed by operator

Supply chain position

platform for SumbandilaSat

Sources

[1]Farewell to SumbandilaSat, SANSAagency doc2026-06-26
[2]Sumbandila / ZA-002, Gunter Space Pagecommunity2026-06-26Lower-tier spacecraft mass, dimensions, and builder cross-check.

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@misc{eoatlas:products:bus:sumbandilasat-bus,
  title = {SumbandilaSat bus},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/bus/sumbandilasat-bus}
}