Road Runner Bus
MicroSat’s Road Runner bus is a modular, reliable bus structure capable of accommodating a large payload mass. The bus design utilizes components with proven flight heritage that enable parallel processing of components on separate panels which allows for a great deal of the bus and payload production and testing to be performed in parallel.
Applications: Military, Scientific, Commercial
Features:
- High Payload Mass Fraction - can accommodate multiple payloads
(demonstrated on the TacSat-2 satellite with 11 on board experiments) - Compatible with multiple launch vehicles
- Designed using proven flight heritage materials, processes and components
- On-board theatre command and control data dissemination
- Navigation: On-board GPS receiver or vector upload via transponder
- Attitude Determination: Sun Sensor/Magnetometer and/or via Star Tracker
- Dynamic on-board cueing and re-tasking
- Enhanced reliability through Safe Mode feature
- Continuous fault monitoring capability
- Adaptable to new mission requirements
- Software update via ground command
NASA Rapid Space Development Office Contract (RSDO)
MicroSat Systems Road Runner bus is in NASA’s RSDO Rapid II vendor catalog.
