Phantom
Highly adaptable, ESPA-class satellite platform
Overview
About Phantom
Phantom is built in Belgium and designed to enable a wide variety of intelligence, Earth science and communications missions in VLEO. Phantom is designed to operate for up to five years on orbit, enabling sustainable and cost-effective missions.
Phantom
Product Features
Budget-Friendly Design
Aerodynamic Design Uses Less Propellant
Compatible With Small Satellite Launchers
Standardized Off-The-Shelf Elements Reduce Manufacturing Cost
Does Not Require Fuel to Deorbit
Optimized for High-Resolution Earth Observation
Product Specifications
| SIZE (STOWED): | 1.8 m x 1.3 m x 1.3 m |
| PAYLOAD SIZE: | 40 cm x 40 cm x 60 cm (launcher-dependent) |
| PAYLOAD MASS: | 50 kg |
| TOTAL SPACECRAFT WEIGHT : | Below 300 kg |
| POWER AVAILABLE: | >25 W OAP (EOL) |
| PROPULSION: | Electric |
| ORBITAL ALTITUDE: | Below 300 km |
| MISSION LIFETIME: | Up to 5 years |
| MISSION APPLICATIONS: | Earth Science, ISR, SDA, RF signal monitoring, Communications |
Mission Spotlight
Skimsat for the European Space Agency
Together with Thales Alenia Space, Redwire is studying the use of VLEO for the European Space Agency’s Skimsat program. Skimsat is a VLEO satellite that aims to significantly reduce the cost of Earth observation while increasing performance by operating at substantially lower altitudes.
Skimsat stands to completely change the Earth observation market by challenging the traditional use of high altitudes that avoid air drag and by creating a new business model for high resolution imaging by using short lifetime and lead time and thus offering the market the benefit of more cost-effective satellites
Andrew Stanniland
CEO of Thales Alenia Space in the U.K.