Small Payload Systems

Our experience with RocketCamâ„¢ has led to the development of a family of small payload carriers (mounted externally or internally on the host platform structure) providing cost-effective small payload carrier, control and deployment capability.

We also engage in selected applications involving secondary payloads, hosted payloads and tech-demo payloads.

Featured Small Payload Systems

 SmartPod A 

SmartPod™ concept for a rocket's second stage

 SmartPod B 

SmartPod™ concept for a rocket's access door

 RocketPod exploded

RocketPod™ elements

 RocketPod fit check

CubeSat paylaod fit check with flight-like RocketPod™ 

 G Force One

G Force One airplane used for RocketPod™ deployment testing

 RocketPod Zero-G team

RocketPod™ test crew on G Force One

 C-Ring concept A 

Concept for multiple RocketPod™ systems on Atlas C-Ring adaptor (collaboration with ULA)

 C-Ring concept B 

Concept for multiple RocketPod™ systems on Atlas C-Ring adaptor (collaboration with ULA)

 ESPA concept C 

Concept for RocketPod™ system on ESPA ring (collaboration with Moog/CSA)

 ESPA concept A 

Concept for multiple RocketPod™ systems on ESPA ring (collaboration with Moog/CSA)

 ESPA concept B 

Concept for multiple RocketPod™ systems on ESPA ring (collaboration with Moog/CSA)

 Atlas concept 

Concept for multiple RocketPod™ and P-POD systems on Atlas C-Ring adaptor (collaboration with ULA)

 Spacecraft concept 

Concept for RocketPod™ system on small spacecraft bus

 RocketPod and DVS 

Concept for integrated RocketPod™ / RocketCam™ system (collaboration with major aerospace prime)

 Garvey P9 buildup 

Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's P9 rocket during assembly 

 P9 bulkhead dwg 

Concept for RocketPod™ demo system on P9 bulkhead

 Bulkhead buildup 

P9 RocketPod™ experiment during final checkout

 Final P9 bulkhead 

Final P9 RocketPod™ experiment 

 RocketPod in P9 

P9 RocketPod™ experiment before launch

 P9 launch ready 

P9 ready for launch

 P9 launch 

P9 launch

 Enhanced P-POD A

Concept for enhanced P-POD (collaboration with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)

 Enhanced P-POD B

Concept for enhanced P-POD (collaboration with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo)

 SS1 Gold Box 

"Gold Box" secondary payload for the X PRIZE Foundation

 SS1 Gold Box inside 

Gold Box close-out

 SS1 Gold Box delivery 

Gold Box handover to SpaceShipOne team at Scaled Composites

 SS1 X1 

Gold Box onboard SpaceShipOne during X PRIZE Flight 1

 SS1 X1 Gold Box readout

 Reading out the Gold Box data after X PRIZE Flight 1