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Sapphire

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Orbit: LEOLaunched 2/25/2013
Technical Specifications
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Dry Mass
148 kg
Total Mass
148 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

Canadian Defence Research and Development Organisation

Manufacturer

Canadian Defence Research and Development Organisation
Launch Mission

SARAL/Sapphire

2/25/2013

Entity Mentions
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As part of the Velo3D partnership announced June 11, 2025, Vaya Space selected the Velo3D Sapphire printer platform to print parts in GRCop42 and Inconel 718 for propulsion components.

Mentioned as: SapphireSourceFeb 4, 2026

One Greenhouse project is developing new applications for the optical sensors Honeywell produced for Sapphire, a Canadian space surveillance satellite launched into low Earth orbit in 2013 to observe objects in geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: SapphireSourceFeb 7, 2019