The Blue Canyon innovative approach is a combination of enabling technologies which, when coupled together, result in a revolutionary high-performance, low-cost systematic approach to Smallsats. The BCT ESPASat is able to provide a high performance design, compatible with a variety of EELV and… More

ABSTRACT: To overcome the limited Attitude Determination and Control performance of current Cubesats, Blue Canyon Technologies proposes a reliable, high performance design compatible with a variety of cubesat configurations. The BCT FleXible ADCS Cubesat Technology (XACT) architecture leverages a… More

ABSTRACT: Spacecraft power systems based upon flywheel technology have been evaluated and analyzed for many years. The potential benefits are well documented and include: Mass and cost savings, System reliability and mission life multiplier, and Electrical Power System enhancement. However,… More

ABSTRACT: To overcome the limited Attitude Determination and Control performance of current Cubesats:"Design, develop, and fabricate an all-in-one, packaged ADCS prototype unit to provide a pointing accuracy of 0.2degrees, or better, for a 3U cubesat with maximum mass of 8 kg, within half of… More

ABSTRACT: This project is developing Integrated Power and Attitude Control System (IPACS) to support 15-year Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) space missions, be capable of supplying a minimum of 1 KW of useable power, provide three-axis stabilization, and operate over a temperature range between… More