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VanZyl 1 (YAM 7) [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.
YAM 7 was launched in August 2024 with a single payload:
- Hydrosats VanZyl-1 is a dedicated mission, with thermal infrared imagers that provide insights into agriculture, aquaculture, drought, wildfire and urban heat for both commercial operations and civil government initiatives.
| Nation: | USA |
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| Type / Application: | Payload hosting, technology |
| Operator: | Loft Orbital |
| Contractors: | Loft Orbital (payload hub); LeoStella (bus) |
| Equipment: | see above |
| Configuration: | LeoStella bus |
| Propulsion: | None |
| Power: | Fixed solar arrays, solar cells, batteries |
| Lifetime: | |
| Mass: | 83 kg |
| Orbit: |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| VanZyl 1 (YAM 7) | 2024-149AN | 16.08.2024 | Va SLC-4E | Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5) | with Capella 15, Tyche, AWS, QPS-SAR 8, Van Zyl 1, Tanager 1, EagleEye, Umbra-SAR 09, 10, ICEYE X33, X39, X40, X43, ŅuSat 48, ..., 50, GNOMES 5, Hawk 10A, 10B, 10C, LUR 1, ION-SCV 012, Sedna 1, Lemur-2 193, ..., 196, Hubble 3, ERNST, CAKRA 1, BRO 14, 15, Connecta-IoT 1, ..., 4, CUAVA 2, Hyperfield 1A, HYPSO 2, Iperdrone.0, Kanyini, Lemu Nge, Φ-sat 2, PTD 4, PTD R, Sateliot 1, 2, 3, 4, Tomorrow S1, 2, TROOP F2, Waratah Seed 1, WREN 1, Flock-4be 1, ..., 36, GNA-3, Lemur-2 191, 192, Nightjar, QUBE, SATORO T2, TORO, UM5-EOSat, UM5-Ribat, Deimos, Lopen, Rock, OreSat 0.5, GaindéSat 1A, Pico 1B-1, ..., 9 |
Launch Sites:
- Va = Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USA
Further YAM missions:
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Further VanZyl missions:
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