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Overview
About Hammerhead
Hammerhead is the next evolution of the PROBA platform, leveraging the next iteration of Redwire’s proprietary onboard computer. Engineered in collaboration with the European Space Agency, Hammerhead offers high performance, high reliability, and an extensive flight heritage with over 50 years in orbit without failure.Â
Product Specifications
| SIZE (Stowed/Unstowed): | 800 mm by 800 mm by 1200 mm |
| PAYLOAD SIZE: | 640 mm by 770 mm by 490-1872 mm (Launcher dependent) |
| PAYLOAD MASS: | Up to 120 kg |
| TOTAL SPACECRAFT WEIGHT : | 175 kg (Wet); 163 kg (Dry) (Excl. payload) |
| POWER AVAILABLE: | Up to 517 W (Standard) |
| PROPULSION: | 12.5 kg Hydrazine (HPGP available as option) |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE: | >450 km |
| MISSION LIFETIME: | Minimum of 5 years (heritage missions have demonstrated continuous operations for >23 years) |
| MISSION APPLICATIONS: | EO, Comms, Science & IODs |
Tailored for Your Mission
Hammerhead combines technological innovation, high reliability and autonomous operations to support your mission.Â
On-board autonomy simplifies sophisticated mission operations, minimizes the operational cost and improves availability. Â
- Meets the highest quality standards while minimizing operational costs Â
- Enables single-payload missions or full, multi-payload constellationsÂ
- Serves a variety of missions including, remote sensing, communications, and in-orbit demonstrations Â
Upcoming Mission
∑yndeo-3
∑yndeo-3 is an upcoming European Space Agency (ESA) In-Orbit Demonstration and Verification (IOD/IOV) mission that will support several innovative technology demonstrations, funded by the European Union. Redwire is the prime contractor for the mission. Σyndeo-3 will foster innovation and strengthen the European space sector’s technological independence
Upcoming Mission
ALTIUS
The Atmospheric Limb Tracker for Investigation of the Upcoming Stratosphere (ALTIUS) is an upcoming European Space Agency (ESA) mission that will study the ozone layer to support services such as weather forecasting, and to monitor long-term Earth science trends. As the prime contractor for Altius, Redwire provided and integrated its Hammerhead spacecraft platform and Advanced Data Power Management System (ADMPS-3) avionics.
Upcoming Mission
QKDSat
QKDSat is an upcoming European Space Agency (ESA) mission to develop a Quantum Key Distribution Satellite (QKDSat) that will enable truly global long distance secure communications. The satellite will provide secure cryptographic key delivery services to the ground for different sectors where security and confidentiality is essential. For QKDSat, Redwire is providing its European-built Hammerhead spacecraft platform and Advanced Data Power Management System (ADMPS-3) avionics.
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