PEARL Spacecraft

Demonstrate modular CubeSat platform with Vx Works operatiing system.

Spacecraft bus flight demonstration. PEARL spacecraft platform is a set of standard and customizable components that can be assembled into multiple mission configurations while minimizing non-recurring engineering costs and development schedules.

The 3U PEARL is one of the smallest spacecraft to provide capabilities such as a Vx Works operating system, 3-axis attitude control with a high order Kalman Filter, and floating point operations for navigation and mission data processing. One, 1.5 and 3U options are available.

Just a satellite bus, no launch planned with that name? The PEARL initiative is actually a prototype development for a larger constellation mission that will involve up to 100 CubeSats.