Ambassador comes with Terran Orbital’s standard mini satellite EPS architecture and builds off the entire product line of spacecraft platforms with the same avionics and GNC algorithms. The reaction wheels on the Ambassador have been sized to allow the spacecraft to maintain agility. The platform is designed from the ground up to be compatible with rideshare requirements.
Ambassador supports commercially available or custom payloads and offers optional Type 1 encryption for military-grade security. It includes a propulsion system ideal for phasing a constellation into its mission orbit, station keeping, and disposal. The precursor to the Ambassador (Zuma+) was designed for the Space Development Agency’s Tranche 1 Transport Layer.
Terran Orbital employs top-of-the-line automation and modern manufacturing processes to support the delivery of hundreds of buses annually. From order to launch, in quantities from one to a constellation of one hundred, Terran Orbital accelerates the delivery of mission solutions.
Key benefits
The largest deck area allowed by an ESPA-Grande interface for rideshare missions
Top offering for the DoD/Intel community with our largest available payload and optional Type 1 encryption
Baseline modules included
Flight Computers (2)
Watchdog
Backplane
66V Battery Modules (8-12)
66V MPPT (2-3)
66V Load Controller
28V Low-power Point-of-Load (varies)
28V High-power Point-of-Load (varies)
Coarse Sensors (4)
Gyro Assembly
Star Trackers (3)
GPS (2)
Magnetorquers (3)
Reaction Wheels (4)
LDRR (2)
MDR (2)
Specifications
Configuration
ESPA Grande
Applications
LEO
Native Orbits
400km - 1200km
Launch Mass (Wet)*
Up to 500kg
Available Payload Mass
Up to 200kg
Max Solar Array Power
3rd-party solar array included