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
Dragonfly Aerospace’s Gecko Imager is a Key Player in NASA’s DART Mission, Launched on Falcon 9
On November 24, 2021, NASA’s mission to test the Earth’s defense technology against potential asteroid hazards was launched on the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. We are pleased to announce that DART’s companion, the LICIACube satellite, is equipped with the Dragonfly Aerospace product Gecko, a high-performance satellite imager. On November 24, 2021, NASA’s mission to […]
New 200 kg Class Dragonfly Bus Satellite: SAR Technology in Focus
Dragonfly Aerospace recently introduced two new products to its lineup, marking a major step for the company to become a leader in the field of space imaging. Dragonfly Aerospace now plans to release four satellites next year. Two new products join the lineup: µDragonfly Bus, the 100 kg class satellite for electro-optical imagers and the […]
Dragonfly Aerospace to Deliver the First Imaging Satellite for EOSDA
28 October 2021 at IAC in Dubai: Dragonfly Aerospace is pleased to announce that it will deliver the first satellite for the EOS AgriSat constellation. The launch of the first satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) is planned for 2022. Dragonfly Aerospace has concluded an agreement with EOS Data Analytics (EOSDA), a global provider of […]