Beyond Gravity Wins New Loft Orbital Deal

Airbus’ Arrow Platform (Photo by Airbus)

Beyond Gravity will supply power electronics equipment, Power Control & Distribution Units (PCDU), for Loft Orbital’s Longbow spacecraft based on the Airbus Arrow platform. The companies announced the deal on Monday.

The PCDU provides mission critical power supply capabilities and in-orbit configurability for ‘The Hub’ that carries all payloads of a Loft Orbital’s satellite and provides an independent electrical, computing and communication environment. Beyond Gravity will deliver PCDU flight units for over 15 Loft Orbital satellites.

The project is conducted in close cooperation between Beyond Gravity’s team based in Tampere, Finland, and Loft Orbital’s teams in Toulouse, France and San Francisco and Golden, US.

“Our partnership with Loft Orbital and this order is underlining Beyond Gravity’s strong standing in the global commercial New Space market. The PCDU enables Loft Orbital to be fully product-based, leading to standardization, shorter lead times and high cost-efficiency. I am grateful to our partners at Loft Orbital for selecting Beyond Gravity and excited to be working with them to support their future missions,” Anders Linder, head of the Satellites Division at Beyond Gravity, said in a statement.