Facts

• Company: Freefly Systems
• Product type: UAV
• Status: commercial
• Website: https://freeflysystems.com/astro

Profile sections

• Summary
• Overview
• Market context
• Audience
• Workflow
• Capability
• Deployment environment
• Positioning tags
• Specifications
• Tags
• Timeline / Research
• Supply / Components
• Comparable Systems
• Sources

Summary

Freefly Astro is a U. S. -made commercial drone platform with RTK positioning, LTE cloud connectivity, mission computer and AuterionOS. It supports mapping, inspection and professional data-capture workflows with compatible payloads such as Sony camera modules.

Overview

Freefly Astro is a U. S. -made commercial drone platform with RTK positioning, LTE cloud connectivity, mission computer and AuterionOS. It supports mapping, inspection and professional data-capture workflows with compatible payloads such as Sony camera modules.

Market context

Freefly Astro is a compact U. S. -built enterprise multirotor for mapping, inspection, public safety and industrial aerial data collection.

• Target environment: Outdoor industrial sites, infrastructure assets and enterprise aerial work environments.
• Workflow context: Aerial mapping, inspection, surveying and industrial data collection using a trusted-drone platform.
• Customer context: Enterprise operators, inspection teams and public safety agencies needing NDAA-compliant UAVs.
• Deployment model: Commercial UAV from a U.S.-based manufacturer.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially available trusted-drone platform with enterprise adoption.
• Adoption constraints: Multirotor flight time limits coverage area per mission.
• Market position: One of the cleaner trusted-drone platforms in the U.S. enterprise UAV market.
• Adjacent products: Freefly Astro Max, Dragonfish, enterprise UAVs

Audience

Inspectors

Workflow

Aerial mapping, inspection, surveying and industrial data collection using a trusted-drone platform.

Capability

Autonomous navigation

Deployment environment

Outdoor industrial sites, infrastructure assets and enterprise aerial work environments.

Positioning tags

• Audience: Inspectors
• Workflow: Aerial mapping, inspection, surveying and industrial data collection using a trusted-drone platform.
• Capability: Autonomous navigation
• Deployment environment: Outdoor industrial sites, infrastructure assets and enterprise aerial work environments.

Specifications

• Flight Time: 37 minutes with no payload; 25 minutes with 1,500 g payload
• Payload Capacity: 1,500 g at maximum takeoff weight
• Max Takeoff Weight: 6,665 g conditional on altitude
• Weight: Typical standard empty weight 3,095 g
• Battery Capacity: 157 Wh SL8-Air battery
• Payload Options: Vibration-isolated gimbal quick release, vibration-isolated cheese plate, Toad in the Hole, and integrated payload options
• Task Scope: Mapping, inspection, and enterprise UAV operations
• Operational Role: Enterprise drone platform for payload-based aerial data capture
• Flight Control System: Freefly custom-designed Skynode running Auterion Enterprise PX4 with Auterion Mission Control and Suite
• Temperature Range: -20 to 50 C operating temperature; IP43 tested ingress protection
• Market Availability: Astro support and service documentation maintained by Freefly

Tags

• Peer Group: Industrial mapping drone
• Workflow: Industrial inspection
• Capability: Autonomous navigation
• Deployment Environment: Outdoor field environment
• Stack Layer: Finished robot platform
• Commercial Stage: Commercial product

Timeline / Research

• 2025-11-24 - Capability - Freefly issues Astro FPV live video latency service bulletin - Freefly issued a service bulletin for FPV live video latency affecting Astro FPV accessories and Alta X Gen2.
• 2025-11-10 - Regulatory - Freefly documents Astro Blue UAS approval and compliant Astro configurations - Freefly documented that Astro had been approved by DIU and added to the Blue sUAS List.
• 2025-02-20 - Partnership - Esri adds Freefly Astro Max to secure ArcGIS drone workflow - Esri announced secure drone workflows using Freefly Systems' Astro Max with ArcGIS Flight.
• 2025-02-14 - Regulatory - Freefly Astro selected in DIU Blue UAS Refresh - The Defense Innovation Unit selected Freefly Astro in the 2025 Blue UAS Refresh list.
• 2025-01-01 - Product Launch - Freefly makes Astro Max available as compact industrial drone platform - Freefly made Astro Max available as a compact industrial drone platform with Pilot Pro controller and Standard Remot…
• 2024-07-01 - Product Launch - Freefly releases Astro Prime and Blue configuration support through Astro v1.6 - Freefly's Astro v1.6 release added support for Astro Prime, Blue configurations, and the LR1 Payload.
• 2022-11-11 - Partnership - Freefly and Auterion expand Astro around open standards and Auterion Suite - Auterion highlighted Freefly's Astro as a ruggedized drone enabling enterprise workflows through standardized inter…
• 2020-09-30 - Product Launch - Freefly and Auterion launch Astro enterprise drone solution - Freefly Systems and Auterion announced Astro, an enterprise drone for mapping, inspection, first responders, and infrastructure…

Supply / Components

• pixy_pe_gimbal_payload_for_astro_alta_x - Pixy Pe Gimbal Payload For Astro Alta X - Manufacturing - Gremsy - Gremsy's Pixy PE gimbal integrates with Freefly Astro and Alta X Gen2 drones as a custom payload mount and MAV…
• Freefly Astro - Mapping Camera Payload - Perception - Sony - Sony LR1 imaging payloads are integrated with Freefly Astro for high-resolution mapping and inspection - source: freeflysystems.com
• Freefly Astro - Mesh Radio Datalink - Communications - Doodle Labs - Doodle Labs Mesh Rider radio modules are integrated into Freefly Astro communications stack - source: doodlelabs.com
• Freefly Astro - RTK GNSS Receiver - Positioning & navigation - u-blox - u-blox F9P RTK GNSS receiver is used in Freefly Astro precision positioning stack - source: freeflysystems.com

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