Lockheed Martin LINUSS CubeSats are ready to upgrade satellites in space

Lockheed Martin announced that his satellite upgrade system in space (Linuss) is ready to be launched in space. These cubesats are designed to upgrade existing satellites, adding new capabilities while extending the life and utility of satellites. Linuss cubesats are described as demonstration units.

Lockheed has developed two Cubesats LM 50 12U called Linuss; Depending on the company, each unit is around the size of a toaster that contains four slices of bread. The two satellites are designed to demonstrate the use of cubesats – a type of small satellite – as an effective way to upgrade satellites already in space. 

The mission focuses on 2100 LM 2100 satellite bus platforms, the company has revealed and it is doing things with the GPS IIIF 13 space vehicle. As of August 10, Lockheed stated that its cubesat system has Enveloped environmental tests, which means they ‘Re ready to start one day in 2021.

The company states that its Linuss satellites will be among the “most capable” cubesats sent in a geosynchronous earth orbit. This launch will be used to demonstrate this upgrade technology while validating “essential maneuver capabilities,” Lockheed explained this week.

A number of technologies will be demonstrated during this mission, paving the way for the management of future satellite maintenance and upgrading services. Lockheed is no stranger to launch small satellites – according to the company, he has deployed more than 150 of these small spaceships since the end of the 90s.