The satellite downlink incorporates a star tracker for guidance, which can also be used as a general ADCS sensor for the spacecraft. It has a data rate of 1 Gbps at 1000 km slant range.
The ground station is a 22″ Newtonian telescope, incorporating coarse and fine star guidance cameras.
For safety and regulatory simplicity there is no uplink or beacon laser in the ground segment.
| Name | Laser Downlink plus Star Tracker |
| Manufacturer | Sinclair Interplanetary |
| Subsystem | Communication |
| Classification | Optical Comm |
| Form Factor | SmallSat |
| Heritage | No |
| Vendor Name | Sinclair Interplanetary |
| Vendor Website | http://www.sinclairinterplanetary.com |
| Vendor Location | Canada |
| Subsystem | Communication |
| Classification | Optical Comm |
| Form Factor | SmallSat |
| Vendor | Sinclair Interplanetary |
| Heritage | No |
| Mass | 0.335 kg |
| Nominal Power | 10.0 W |
Sinclair Interplanetary – Laser Downlink plus Star Tracker
