DellingrX Small Satellite Spacecraft Bus Architecture

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Overview

The launch opportunities for SmallSat secondary and tertiary payloads has and will continue to significantly increase due in large part to the inclusion of ESPA rings on most missions that have excess lift capacity, initiatives to include rideshares alongside large NASA missions, and the proliferation of commercial launch services. Science investigators are taking advantage of the initiatives, opportunities, and capabilities by proposing advanced mission concepts and architectures that require a robust, reliable, and radiation tolerant spacecraft bus. There is a push to achieve decadal-class science goals with small, focused missions. However, current flight proven reliable and radiation tolerant spacecraft bus options from industry are limited or not available. The DellingrX Small Satellite Spacecraft Bus Architecture enables challenging and harsh environment mission architectures.