Dragonfly Aerospace, headquartered in Stellenbosch, South Africa, is a manufacturer specializing in high-performance optical payloads and satellite platforms for commercial and governmental space applications. They design and build compact imaging payloads and satellites, including CubeSat cameras and SmallSat cameras, that enable persistent Earth observation in various spectrums. Dragonfly Aerospace also offers satellite buses and SAR payloads, partnering with organizations like LatConnect 60 and supporting initiatives such as Botswana's first national satellite, BOTSAT-1.
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The hyperspectral camera aboard D2 / Atlacom-1 was developed by Dragonfly Aerospace of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Pixxel successfully retrieved its first hyperspectral satellite images from a camera launched last year aboard a satellite built in partnership with NanoAvionics and Dragonfly Aerospace.
Pixxel designs, integrates, and tests its satellites completely in-house using parts from international suppliers including Dragonfly Aerospace, which is building Pixxel’s cameras.
Pixxel successfully retrieved its first hyperspectral satellite images from a camera that was launched last year with partners NanoAvionics and Dragonfly Aerospace.
Spire Global, Inc. is partnering with Dragonfly Aerospace to support the Australian Government’s Office of National Intelligence with a second satellite as part of the National Intelligence Community Satellite program.
Dragonfly Aerospace’s satellites and payloads are based on a 25-year heritage of components and design approach dating back to the South African smallsat SUNSAT launched in 1999.
Spire Global partnered with Dragonfly Aerospace to support the Australian Government’s Office of National Intelligence with a second satellite as part of the NICSAT program.
Dragonfly Aerospace developed two new satellite bus products: the 100 kg-class µDragonfly and the 200 kg-class Dragonfly.
Dragonfly Aerospace set a goal to build up to 48 imaging satellites per year.
Dragonfly Aerospace satellite bus products provide flexible interfaces to support a wide range of customer payloads.
Dragonfly Aerospace completed the upgrade of its 3000 m2 design and manufacturing facility in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
Dragonfly Aerospace plans to deliver 10 satellites per year in the next few years.
Dragonfly Aerospace plans to build up to 48 satellites per year from its South Africa facility focusing on the 100-300 kg class.
Dragonfly Aerospace’s South Africa facility contains cleanrooms and in-house environmental test equipment sized to deliver 48 satellites per year.
The sale to Max Polyakov helps fund development of Dragonfly Aerospace satellite buses and upgrades to its facility in South Africa.
Dragonfly Aerospace will provide an X‑band data download ground station for the D2/AtlaCom-1 mission.
The five payloads on the NanoAvionics 6U D2/AtlaCom-1 nanosatellite are Dragonfly Aerospace’s Mantis hyperspectral imager, CubeCom’s high-gain XANT4 X‑Band antenna and an upgraded XTX X‑band downlink transmitter, CubeSpace’s CubeStar Star Tracker, and Accion Systems’ TILE Thruster.
The winning team of the Dragonfly Aerospace Award Program must have an existing funded mission that will launch before 2022-12-31.
Dragonfly Aerospace launched an imager in 2020.
Dragonfly Aerospace’s planned 3,000-square-meter facility will specialize in 50-600-kilogram satellites.