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Rendering of a Space Inventor microsatellite platform with its solar panel deployed on red support struts
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Microsatellite platforms

Space Inventor's modular microsatellite buses, which it designs around each customer's payload instead of making the payload fit a fixed bus.

Why it matters

Small constellations often fix payload specs late. A bus that adapts instead of forcing the payload to fit avoids costly redesigns.

How the technology works

Space Inventor builds platforms from standardized, flight-proven modules and shapes the architecture around the payload. For constellr's HiVE thermal imaging satellites, it is building two platforms designed around the thermal sensor, due to launch in 2028.

Sources

  1. Space Inventor press releaseAug 24, 2026
  2. Space Inventor website

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