Dragonfly Aerospace
Welcome to Dragonfly Aerospace. This is the latest chapter in a proud history of South African space engineering and space missions. Our team has a strong experience and heritage dating back to the first earth observation satellite missions starting in the 1980’s through to our most recent satellite launch in 2018 and imager launch in 2020. Members of our team have worked on every microsatellite space mission since South Africa entered the space race.
Satellite cameras
We create imager products that can be used in a modern CubeSat or microsatellite platforms to create compact high performance satellite solutions.
Why dragonfly?
The dragonfly has excellent vision, agility and stability, the same as our high-resolution imaging satellites. The eyes of the dragonfly are one of the best in the animal kingdom. Some have over 30 colour receptors like our hyperspectral imagers.
A compound eye is good analogy for our large constellations of imaging satellites with numerous objectives imaging simultaneously to create a complete picture. A dragonfly’s eyes provide a 360-degree field of vision just as our satellite constellations provide a 360-degree view of the Earth.
Latest Posts
Software Programming Engineer
JOB DESCRIPTION The Software Programming Engineer is responsible for designing software as defined bythe needs mandated through clients, projects and stakeholders such that it achievesoutputs which meet validated requirements. The Software Programming Engineer isresponsible for performing software programming design in an efficient, pro-active andsynergistic manner.All software developed within the organisation is to be designed and […]
Dragonfly’s 2021 Year in Review
The new year is nigh. It is a perfect time to summarize all Dragonfly Aerospace achieved in 2021. And to shine a spotlight on our advancements, of course. 2021 was a truly pivotal year for our company. We have strengthened our business position thanks to the integration into the space ecosystem fomented by businessman, space […]
The µDragonfly Bus`s Optical Payloads — a Closer Look at Electro-Optical Technology.
Recently, Dragonfly unveiled the new 100 kg µDragonfly Bus for transporting electro-optical satellite cameras. Here, we focus on the electro-optical technology. We previously wrote describing SAR (synthetic aperture radar) technology. To facilitate this type of payload, Dragonfly recently introduced the 200 kg class Dragonfly Bus. Now, we will highlight the electro-optical technology for satellite […]