
YAM 3 [Loft Orbital]
YAM (Yet Another Mission) is a series of micro satellites owned by Loft Orbital, which host various payloads for different customers.
The satellite consists of a standardized bus provided by LeoStella and Loft Orbital's payload hub, which houses the customer's payloads and provides power, data, mechanical, and thermal interfaces to the payloads and on-board data processing.
Beginning with 2021, quarterly missions are planned.
YAM 3 was launched in June 2020. Following payloads are known so far:
- Eutelsat: ELO 2 Internet of Things RF payload
- SDA: POET (originally developped by DARPA as Sagittarius A*), a demonstration of the Blackjack Pit Boss mission system consisting of two payloads. One is the flight computer that runs the SSCI autonomy software. The second is a commercial optical imaging sensor that will search for targets in the open ocean. The data will be fed to the flight computer for on-board analysis and processing. The Pit Boss’ artificial intelligence will process the data and retask the satellite as it searches for targets.
- Another RGB imaging sensor
YAM 5 was launched in January 2023. Following payloads are known so far:
- A customer furnished flight computer
- A longwave infrared camera
- A sensing payload
- An experimental S-band payload transmitting in the 2240-2290 MHz band and receiving in the 2067-2110 MHz band.
- An S-band Internet of Things (IoT) payload that transmits and receives in the 2400-2483.5 MHz band
YAM 6 will be launched in October 2023. Following payloads are on board:
- A hyperspectral imager
- A multi-spectral imager
Satellite |
COSPAR |
Date |
LS |
|
Launch Vehicle |
Remarks |
YAM 3 |
2021-059AN |
30.06.2021 |
CC SLC-40 |
|
Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
with Starlink v1.5 R1-1, ..., R1-3, Umbra-SAR 2001, YAM 2, ÑuSat 19, ..., 22, ICEYE X11, X12, X13, X15, TUBIN, Mandrake 2A, 2B, Capella 5, GNOMES 2, LINCS 1, 2, PACE 1, TROPICS 01, D2/AtlaCom 1, EG 3, Centauri 4, Lemur-2 140, ..., 145, SpaceBEE 88, ..., 111, SpaceBEENZ 7, ..., 10, Sherpa-FX 2, Lynk 06, Hawk 3A, 3B, 3C, Astrocast 0201, ..., 0205, Painani 2, Sherpa-LTE 1, Tenzing, Aurora, Arthur 1, Faraday Phoenix, KSF 1A, ..., 1D, Tiger 2, ION-SCV 003, NAPA 2, Spartan, Neptuno, W-Cube, Ghalib, QMR-KWT |
YAM 5 |
2023-001BV |
03.01.2023 |
CC SLC-40 |
|
Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
with YAM 5,
Lynk Tower 03, 04,
Umbra-SAR 04, 05,
EOS-SAT 1,
ICEYE X21, X22, X27,
ÑuSat 32, ..., 35,
Skykraft Deployer 1,
Skykraft 1, ..., 4,
Chimera LEO-1,
ION-SCV 007, 008,
Astrocast 0401, ..., 0404,
Futura SM1,
Futura SM3,
Kelpie 1,
Sharjah-Sat 1,
TAU-SAT 2,
Orbiter SN1,
MDQSAT 1A, 1B,
PROVES-Yearling,
Sapling 1,
Unicorn 2G, 2H,
Vigoride 5,
ZEUS 1,
KSF 3A, ..., 3D,
Flock-4y 1, ..., 36,
Lemur-2 157, ..., 162,
SpaceBEE 156, ..., 167,
EWS-RROCI,
BRO 8,
Gama Alpha,
Menut,
MilSpace2 1, 2,
NSLSat 2,
Platform 2,
EYE 1,
STAR-VIBE,
Sternula 1,
Connecta T1.2,
Guardian alpha,
KuwaitSat 1,
PolyITAN-HP-30,
BDSAT 2,
Pushan alpha |
YAM 6 |
- |
2023 |
CC or Va |
|
Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) |
with [an error occurred while processing this directive] |