Satellite Deployers are specialized systems designed for space missions to launch satellites efficiently and reliably into their designated orbits. These critical devices ensure the safe deployment of satellites during launch missions, protecting them from mechanical stresses and environmental conditions until they reach their intended destination. These systems may utilize mechanisms like springs, hinges, and pyrotechnics to ensure precise and controlled deployment. Satellites can be stored in deployers, or separation systems designed to release them smoothly into space. Their robust design includes features such as spring-loaded mechanisms, locking systems, and vibration damping to ensure accurate and controlled deployment. Satellite deployers play a major role in enabling diverse applications, including Earth observation, communication and scientific research. In this article, SATNow has listed some interesting Satellite Deployers that were trending on the website.
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Canisterized Satellite Deployer for CubeSats
The Canisterized Satellite Dispenser from Rocket Lab is a Satellite Deployer that is designed for 3/6/12 U CubeSats. It has a maximum payload mass of about 9 kg and fully encapsulates the payload during launch and provides mission assurance for both the primary payload and launch vehicle (LV). This CSD has a low external volume motor-driven initiator and conductive external surfaces. It has a mass of 14.1 kg and measures 157.66 x 263.53 mm. It is ideal for a satellite dispenser for small secondary or tertiary payloads. Read more.
Satellite Deployer for 1U to 16U CubeSats
The EXOpod by ExoLaunch is a Satellite Deployer designed to accommodate cubesats of 1U to 16U as standard. It ensures easy integration, safe transportation, and reliable separation of satellites. It has a maximum space between rails of 87.2-213.5 mm and a maximum mass of 6-29 Kg (3U to 16U). This flight-proven ITAR-free deployer features windows on multiple sides of the deployer to provide easy access to integrated CubeSats useful for tests, pre-flight inspections and remove before flight (RBF) pin removal post-integration. It has an enclosure measuring 454.0 x 226.3 x 213.5 mm. Read more.
CubeSat and SmallSat Deployer
The GPOD from GAUSS Srl is a CubeSat Deployer with a mass of 1.9 kg and can accommodate a payload mass of 4-5.2 Kg. It has an ejection velocity of 0.88 m/s (+Z axis) and an ejection max angle error of 2.25 deg (+Z axis). This deployer measures 430 x 132 x 129 mm (outside envelope 3U) and 100 x 100 x 340.5 mm (inner envelope 3U). It features a space-qualified, redundant, and non-explosive Frangibolt actuator as the opening system. The deployer is designed to be installed onboard a rocket or a satellite as deploying mechanism for launching satellites. Read more.
CubeSat Injector for LEO and Interplanetary Missions
The RAMI from UARX Space is a CubeSat Injector. It has a deployer mass less than 8 Kg and a maximum payload mass of 24 Kg. The injector supports CubeSats of dimensions ranging from 0.25U-12U with bay configuration options such as 1x12U, 2x6U, 1x6U + 2x3U, and 4x3U. This CubeSat injector measures 285 x 295 x 470 mm and is ideal for LEO and interplanetary mission applications. Read more.
12U Lightweight Satellite Dispenser for CubeSats
The Mercury 12 from Maverick Space Systems is a Satellite Deployer that is constructed to accommodate 12 U rail-type CubeSats. It is a space-qualified, pre-qualified and assembled both mechanically and electrically which makes it ready for payload integration. This is a space-qualified lightweight dispenser for CubeSats. Read more.
12U Series CubeSat Deployers
The CubeSat Deployers from KosmoLab LLC is a Satellite Deployer designed for 12U CubeSats. It a maximum TPK (aluminum) mass of 12 kg and a relative separation velocity of 0.5-2.0 m/s. This deployer features redundant deployment signals and easily resettable hold down and release mechanism. It has a deployer configuration according to ICD and an angular velocity of separation of 2 deg/s. The deployer has a total deployer mass of 24 kg and measures 480 × 290 × 299 mm in dimension. Read more.
6U Space-Qualified CubeSat Deployers
The PSL6U XL from Astro-und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbH is a Space-Qualified Satellite Deployer that is designed for 6U CubeSat configurations. It has a maximum satellite mass of up to 12 Kg. This flight-proven deployer has a non-explosive lock and release mechanism and a closed envelope for high safety. The deployer measures 366 x 226.3 x 100 mm and has a large clearance for attachments on the CubeSat, and access ports for maintenance on the launch site. Read more.
Space-Qualified Satellite Deployer for CubeSats
The DSOD-1U from Dhruva Space is a Satellite Deployer designed for 1U CubeSat form factor. It has a cubesat mass of 2 kg and a side volume of up to 9 mm (on all sides). It has an ejection velocity of up to 2 m/s and offers multiple CubeSat configurations. It incorporates non-pyrotechnic Hold Down and Release Mechanism (HDRM) and onboard telemetry sensors for deployment confirmation and ejection velocity measurement. This system is space-qualified, pre-qualified and assembled both mechanically and electrically which makes it ready for payload integration. Read more.
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