SabreSat Orbital Drone
A New Breed of Satellite

Whether your mission requires persistent, high-resolution imagery or resilient communications, Redwire’s highly flexible SabreSat VLEO platform delivers.

Built in the United States and designed for performance, endurance, and cost-effectiveness, SabreSat can be produced in volume to meet the needs of large constellations.

OVERVIEW

SabreSat Product Information

Size (Stowed/Unstowed) Modular
Payload Size 100 cm x 80 cm x 40 cm
Payload Mass ~200 kg
Total Spacecraft Weight ~400 kg
Power Available Orbit & Configuration dependent, up to 5,000 W OAP (EOL)
Propulsion Electric or air-breathing (optional)
Orbital Altitude > 150 km
Mission Lifetime Up to 7 years
Mission Applications ISR, Communications, Navigation, Earth Science
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Redwire's Digital Engineering Delivers Confidence for an Untapped Orbit

Configured for the challenging environment of VLEO, Redwire’s digital engineering tools enable you to operate with confidence.

Digital engineering support included ahead of spacecraft production

Explore a variety of mission use-cases through live simulation of your constellation

Manage and optimize for atmospheric drag

Advanced link budget simulation to ground stations and space relays

Optional Air-Breathing Engine

Whether powered by electric propulsion or traditional propellants, satellites require fuel to operate.
Air-breathing engines change the calculus for maneuvering in flight by harvesting, ionizing, and accelerating low-density air to use as fuel, extending operations and enabling true maneuverability without regret.
SPOTLIGHT

DARPA’s Otter Mission

Redwire Wins DARPA Prime Contract for VLEO Spacecraft

Redwire is leveraging its SabreSat VLEO spacecraft design for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Otter program.

The mission will demonstrate cutting-edge “air breathing” electric propulsion technologies that harvest low-density air while in flight to use as fuel to extend satellite operations and enable true maneuverability without regret.

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SPOTLIGHT

Phantom

European VLEO Platform

Phantom is built in Belgium and designed to enable a wide variety of intelligence, Earth science and communications missions in VLEO. Phantom is designed to operate for up to five years on orbit, enabling sustainable and cost-effective missions.

The European Space Agency is leveraging Redwire’s Phantom platform for their Skimsat program, which aims to boost sustainability and mission performance while reducing mass and overall mission cost through the use of VLEO.

SPOTLIGHT

Skimsat

For the European Space Agency

“Skimsat stands to completely change the Earth observation market by challenging the traditional use of high altitudes that avoid air drag and by creating a new business model for high resolution imaging by using short lifetime and lead time and thus offering the market the benefit of more cost-effective satellites,” said Andrew Stanniland, CEO of Thales Alenia Space in the U.K.

Together with Thales Alenia Space, Redwire is studying the use of VLEO for the European Space Agency’s Skimsat program.

Skimsat is a VLEO satellite that aims to significantly reduce the cost of Earth observation while increasing performance by operating at substantially lower altitudes.

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