The XB3 from Blue Canyon Technologies is a Satellite Bus and Platform with an energy storage capability of 6.8 Ah and a solar array power range of 27 W. It has a pointing accuracy of +/- 0.003 degrees (1-sigma), 2 axes, and ±0.007 deg (1-sigma) for the 3rd axis. The platform has an uplink signal rate of 100 Kbps and a downlink signal rate of 2 Mbps (S-band). It has an onboard data storage capacity of 4 GB and supports UART, SpaceWire, 2.5V LVDS, RS422, and RS485 data interfaces. The platform requires a payload power of 3.3V or 5.0 V. It has an available payload volume of 8U and a design life of 5 years for LEO missions and 2 years for GEO missions.
