Landmapper-BC 1, ..., 12 (Corvus-BC 1, ..., 12)

Landmapper-BC [Aquila Space]

Astro Digital, formely known as Aquila Space, (formed from the core team of the former Dauria Space daughter Canopus Systems) developed the Landmapper-BC (formerly known as Corvus-BC) earth observation CubeSat (6U).

The Landmapper-BC satellites are based on the Perseus-O satellites developed at Canopus Systems, before Dauria and Canopus seperated.

The satellites feature a broad coverage multispectral (Red, Green, NIR) imaging system with a resolution of 22 meters per pixel.

Eventually, Aquila Space planed to send eight to ten satellites into the Landmapper-BC constellation to capture daily, multispectral imagery of the world’s arable land.

• The first two satellites, Landmapper-BC 1 and 2, were launched in July 2017 on a Soyuz-2-1a Fregat rocket, but both failed shortly after.
• The next satellite, Landmapper-BC 3, was launched on 28 November 2017 as a copassenger on a Soyuz-2-1b Fregat rocket, but was lost due to an upper stage problem.
• Landmapper-BC 3 v2 was successfully launched by an Indian PSLV-XL rocket in January 2018.
• Landmapper-BC 4 was launched on Spaceflight Industry's SSO-A multi-satellite launch on a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) rocket.

When Astro Digital shelved the plans for their own earth observation constellation, the partially completed Landmapper-BC 5 was modified and used as the base for the Mandrake 1 satellite.