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Gecko Imager
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CubeSat-class RGB snapshot imager from Dragonfly Aerospace with 39 m GSD at 500 km. Flight-proven since 2018. 1U form factor, 0.5 kg, 7 W. Deployed on Loft Orbital YAM-3 and other CubeSat missions. Standard RGB Bayer pattern; 80 km swath (standard) or 160 km wide-swath mode.
The Gecko Imager is a CubeSat-class RGB snapshot imager developed by Dragonfly Aerospace. It occupies a 1U form factor (approximately 100 x 100 x 113 mm), weighs 0.5 kg including electronics, and draws 7 W. At 500 km orbital altitude the instrument delivers 39 m ground sample distance.
Swath depends on operating mode: the standard pushbroom mode covers 80 km; a wide-swath mode extends coverage to 160 km, according to third-party catalogue listings as of 2026-05-28. [1] [2]
The sensor uses a standard RGB Bayer pattern with 10-bit digitisation. Per-band spectral boundaries have not been published in publicly accessible sources as of 2026-05-28; dragonflyaerospace.com was returning access errors at research time.
The Gecko has been flight-proven since 2018 and was delivered to Loft Orbital for integration on the YAM-3 CubeSat mission. [3] It has since been deployed on multiple CubeSat platforms.
The imager is manufactured and sold as a standalone payload component targeting small satellite integrators requiring a low-mass, low-power RGB imaging capability.
Pricing not publicly listed by operator
- [1]Gecko Imager - Camera/Imager | SatCatalogcommunity2026-05-28
- [2]Dragonfly Aerospace Facebook post: Gecko specs (39m, 80km swath, 0.4kg)operator marketing2026-05-28
- [3]Dragonfly Aerospace's Gecko Imager Delivered To Loft Orbital - SatNewsoperator press2026-05-28
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Gecko Imager. EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/gecko (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:products:sensor:gecko,
title = {Gecko Imager},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/gecko}
}