LEAP-TD Mission

Dhruva Space tested and Space-qualified its 'Launching Expeditions for Aspiring Payloads - Technology Demonstrator' (LEAP-TD) platform onboard ISRO’s PSLV-C55 POEM-3 mission.

The launch took place at 09:10 IST on 01 January 2024, from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.

Reception from telemetry & beacon data at the Ground Station of Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology (IIST), Trivandrum, along with the data received from the POEM platform, confirmed the mission's success.

Launching Expeditions for Aspiring Payloads -
Technology Demonstrator (LEAP-TD) Platform

ISRO's PSLV-C58 DL lifting off from the First Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. 

(Photo Credit: Indian Space Research Organisation)

Launching Expeditions for Aspiring Payloads (L.E.A.P.)

Dhruva Space’s Launching Expeditions for Aspiring Payloads or (L.E.A.P.) is the company's full-fledged hosted payload solutions for Space missions, signifying its readiness to offer hosted payload services to the world. 

A hosted payload service allows entities other than the primary satellite operator to utilise space on a satellite to deploy their own payloads such as such as a sensor, instrument or a set of communications transponders. The hosted portion of the satellite operates independently from the main spacecraft, but shares the satellite’s power supply, transponders, and in some cases, ground systems.

POEM offers standard interfaces and packages for power generation, telemetry, telecommand, stabilisation, orbit keeping, and orbit maneuvering, which can be used to design, develop and validate experimental payloads.

The LEAP-TD mission featured a derivative of Dhruva Space's P-30 satellite platform integrated to ISRO’s PSLV Orbital Experimental Module-3 (POEM-3), which enabled in-orbit scientific experiments using the spent PS4 stage as an orbital platform.

This mission has validated the P-30 platform and its various subsystems in-orbit.

Subsystems:
On-board Computer;
Ultra High Frequency (UHF) TT&C Module;
Beacon in UHF;
Attitude Control System with a Reaction Wheel from Comat; and
Power Distribution Board.