X-Sat

As of February 12, 2020, Blue Canyon Technologies was contracted to supply the bus for Made In Space's Archinaut One and to assemble and functionally test the X-SAT prior to delivering it to Made In Space.

MethaneSAT will use X-SAT, Blue Canyon Technologies’ largest offered spacecraft bus, to carry a methane-detection payload from Ball Aerospace.

Blue Canyon Technologies will assemble and functionally test X-SAT, its largest satellite bus, prior to delivering it to Made In Space for the Archinaut One mission.

The customized X-SAT bus for Blackjack will include electric propulsion, a robust power system, command and data handling, RF communications, and dedicated payload interfaces capable of hosting several different Department of Defense payloads.

The customized X-SAT bus for the Blackjack Program will include state-of-the-art electric propulsion, a robust power system, command and data handling, RF communications, and dedicated payload interfaces capable of hosting several different DoD payloads.

Blue Canyon is developing a custom bus design for DARPA based on its 150-kilogram X-SAT commercial bus.

Blue Canyon Technologies’ X-SAT microsatellite buses carry payloads up to 200 kg and are designed to maximize volume, mass, and power while accommodating a variety of mission types.

Blue Canyon Technologies will supply its X-SAT small satellite for Made In Space’s Archinaut One on-orbit manufacturing demonstration mission as of 2020-02-12.

Blue Canyon Technologies is supplying X-SAT to MethaneSAT, a subsidiary of the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund, for an environmental monitoring satellite scheduled to launch in 2022.