Spirit-EEL
Capabilities
Spirit-EEL is a 3-satellite demo constellation for Basalt's satellite operation workflow, designed and built in San Francisco, California. Spirit-EEL will be the first space mission built by a private company to fly without dedicated human operators, which currently accounts for 90% of conventional space system lifetime costs.
Specifications
- Includes: BSLT-1 / BSLT-2 / BSLT-3
- Height: 36.5 cm
- Width & Depth: 32 cm
- Width w/ Solar Panels: 45 cm
- Flight Computer: Custom In-House
- Pointing & Control: 6 DOF
- Ground Link: UHF & S-Band
- Image Resolution: 20 m GSD / RGB & Polarized
Team Overview
- Satellites: 3
- Engineers: 5
- Development Time: 9 Months