Gecko Imager

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Overview

The Gecko Imager, with flight heritage since 2018, is an easy-to-integrate imaging solution for your CubeSat mission. Large high-speed data storage is integrated into the compact design. The Gecko brings spectacular colour snapshot images and high frame rate video to CubeSats as small as 2U.

Swath at 500 km
• RGB → 80 km
• Wide Swath → 160 km

Imager Type
• Snap shot

Spectral Bands
• Standard RGB

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Overview

Name: Gecko Imager
Vendor: Dragonfly Aerospace
Subsystem: Payload Subsystem
Component Type: Camera/Imager
Form Factor: CubeSat
Heritage: Yes

Details

TRL: 9
Spatial Resolution (GSD) at 500 km - RGB: 39 m
Swath at 500 km - RGB: 80 km
Swath at 500 km - Wide Swath: 160 km
Physical Size: 1U (65 mm x 90 mm x 105 mm)
Data Format: 8-bit or 10-bit
Mass (incl. eleсtronics): 0.5 kg

Vendor Details

Name: Dragonfly Aerospace
Website: https://dragonflyaerospace.com/
Founded: 2020
Summary: Dragonfly Aerospace envisions a future in which our small, high-performance imaging satellites and payloads enable large imaging constellations that provide persistent views of the Earth in a variety of spectrums, providing unprecedented business intelligence and improving people's lives all over the world. Dragonfly Aerospace satellites and payloads are built on a 25-year legacy of components and design principles that date back to the first South African microsatellite, SUNSAT, which was launched in 1999. Since South Africa's entry into the space race, members of our team have worked on every microsatellite space mission.