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Overview

The RWA-05 by Berlin Space Technologies is a reaction wheel assembly with integrated fiber optical Gyro (RWA) for small satellites. The integrated gyro allows precise control loops such as precise speed, angular rate and angle control loops as they have been pioneered on Berlin satellites since 1994. The RWA-05 has space heritage and is qualified for 5-year LEO operation.


Specifications:
- Dimensions: 105 x 107 x 110 mm³
- Mass: 1.7 kg (including gyro)
- Angular Momentum: 0.5 Nms
- Torque: 16 mNm @ 500 rpm
- Typical Speed: 5000 rpm
- Speed Control Accuracy: +/- 2 rpm
- Design Life: 5 years LEO
- Space Heritage: Yes

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Overview

Name
RWA-05
Component Type
Reaction Wheel
Form Factor
SmallSat
Heritage
Yes

Vendor Details

Name
Berlin Space Technologies
Founded
2009
Summary
Berlin Space Technologies (BST) is a specialist for small satellite systems and technology. We build on a 30 year tradition of small satellites made in Berlin. BST is vertically integrated and offers reliable and cost-efficient end to end solutions for your mission. Berlin Space Technologies (BST) is a global leader in the NewSpace economy and an experienced supplier of small satellite systems and technologies. Our subsystems fly on more than 100 missions and our state of the art LEOS platform can support the most challenging missions. We are an vertical integrated end to end solution provider. We offer capacity building for emerging space nations, in orbit demonstration for your payloads and together with our partner Azista we can provide entire mega constellations.

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Specifications

Component Type
Reaction Wheel
Form Factor
SmallSat
Dry Mass
1.7 kg
Average Power
N/A
Heritage
Yes
Status
In Production
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