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Faraday phoenix

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  • 6U cubesat
  • Launched 2021
Commercial rideshare mission

Faraday Phoenix was developed in less than 8 months and was the world’s first commercial rideshare satellite mission when it launched in July 2021 on Spaceflight’s SXRS5 Transporter 2 mission from Cape Canaveral, USA. The spacecraft carries payloads for 6 customers including Airbus, Lacuna, SatixFy and Aeternum as well as In-Space’s own Babel payload.

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customers

Airbus, lacuna, SatixFy, Aeternum

spacecraft

Faraday Generation 1 6U

launched

July 2021

payload details

 The Babel payload is In-Space’s first incarnation of a future digital, uploadable payload offering within the Faraday service. This first generation is a high gain, wideband software defined radio with over 500 MHz of available bandwidth which enables a number of different applications to be uploaded and exercised – from tracking ship radars to creating heat maps of 4G mobile usage.

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