Product profile
Freefly Astro
Freefly Astro is a U.S.-made commercial drone platform with RTK positioning, LTE cloud connectivity, mission computer and AuterionOS. It supports mapping,...
Facts
- Company
- Freefly Systems
- Product type
- uav
- Status
- commercial
- Website
- https://freeflysystems.com/astro
About Freefly Astro
Astro is a US-manufactured commercial multirotor with RTK positioning, LTE connectivity, an onboard mission computer and AuterionOS. Its payload mount supports professional cameras and sensors, including the Sony ILX-LR1 full-frame camera for high-resolution mapping and inspection.
Pilot Pro provides field control and mission management, while cloud connectivity supports fleet and data workflows. Doodle Labs radios and application-specific payload integrations extend the system into government and industrial programmes. Freefly supports Astro through dealers, integrators and a commercial-flight service organisation.
Market context
aircraft, Inspection Drone, enterprise, fielded_enterprise_uas, inspection_drone, Inspection Drone, drone, Inspection Drone, drone, inspection_drone, drone
Summary
Type: UAV
Core: Mapping payloads
Function: Build maps
Audience: Inspectors
Specifications
- battery_bus_voltage
- 18 to 25.2 V battery voltage bus V
- battery_capacity
- Two Freefly SuperLight batteries per flight; 7.3 Ah each at 21.6 V nominal
- cad_resources
- STEP and Parasolid CAD resources for Astro legacy airframe
- flight_control_system
- Freefly custom-designed Skynode running Auterion Enterprise PX4 with Auterion Mission Control and Suite
- flight_time_minutes
- 37 minutes with no payload; 25 minutes with 1,500 g payload min
- market_availability
- Astro support and service documentation maintained by Freefly
- max_takeoff_weight
- 6,665 g conditional on altitude
- onboard_compute
- 1.8 GHz Quad Cortex-A53 processor; 4 GB RAM
- operational_role
- Enterprise drone platform for payload-based aerial data capture
- payload_capacity_kg
- 1.5 kg at maximum takeoff weight kg
- payload_options
- Vibration-isolated gimbal quick release, vibration-isolated cheese plate, Toad in the Hole, and integrated payload options
- software_interfaces
- PX4 and MAVSDK compatible; onboard apps can run in Docker and connect via Ethernet/serial
- task_scope
- Mapping, inspection, and enterprise UAV operations
- temperature_range
- -20 to 50 C operating temperature; IP43 tested ingress protection
- weight_g
- Typical standard empty weight 3,095 g g
Operations
- Product detail
- aircraft, Inspection Drone, enterprise, fielded_enterprise_uas, inspection_drone, Inspection Drone, drone, Inspection Drone, drone, inspection_drone, drone
Research, Articles and recent verified events
- Aerial Precision and Freefly advance FLUX on-site LiDAR workflow — 2025-11-27
- Freefly issues Astro FPV live video latency service bulletin — 2025-11-24
- Freefly documents Astro Blue UAS approval and compliant Astro configurations — 2025-11-10
- Esri adds Freefly Astro Max to secure ArcGIS drone workflow — 2025-02-20
- Freefly Astro selected in DIU Blue UAS Refresh — 2025-02-14
- Freefly releases Astro Prime and Blue configuration support through Astro v1.6 — 2024-07-01
- Freefly and Auterion expand Astro around open standards and Auterion Suite — 2022-11-11
- Freefly and Auterion launch Astro enterprise drone solution — 2020-09-30