Illustrative constellation
The hardware that never blinks.
A fictional three-plane system brief showing how a production operator can explain geometry, revisit, downlink and instrument generations.
3 PLANES · 120° SPACING · 10:30 LTDN
Specifications
- Satellites on orbit
- 28
- Orbital planes
- 3 × sun-synchronous
- Altitude
- 550 km
- Native resolution
- 50 cm pan / 2 m MS
- Spectral bands
- PAN + R/G/B/NIR
- Revisit
- Daily, global landmass
- Downlink
- 10 ground stations, Ka-band
- Design life
- 7 years, deorbit-compliant
Three generations
GEN-1 · Pathfinder
2019 — 2021
Four demonstration satellites proved the optical stack, the downlink chain and on-orbit calibration. Retired and deorbited on schedule.
GEN-2 · Workhorse
2021 — 2024
Eighteen satellites brought daily national-scale coverage, inter-satellite links and the first on-board cloud screening.
GEN-3 · Current
2024 — present
Ten satellites with 50 cm optics, double the downlink rate, and propulsion for responsive re-phasing over priority regions.