Freefly Astro Max Context
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Context
Market context
Freefly Astro Max is a heavier-lift industrial drone for mapping, inspection, LiDAR and heavy sensor workflows within the Freefly trusted-drone ecosystem.
Target environment: Outdoor industrial sites, infrastructure and heavy-sensor aerial work environments. Workflow context: Heavy-payload aerial mapping, LiDAR capture, OGI inspection and industrial sensor deployment. Customer context: Enterprise operators needing higher-payload trusted-drone capability for heavy sensor payloads. Deployment model: Commercial UAV within the Freefly U.S.-made aircraft stack. Commercial maturity: Commercially available heavy-payload trusted-drone platform. Adoption constraints: Larger airframe requires more launch space. Market position: A heavier-lift trusted-drone platform within Freefly U.S.-made aircraft stack. Adjacent products: Freefly Astro, Dragonfish, industrial mapping UAVs Workflow
Heavy-payload aerial mapping, LiDAR capture, OGI inspection and industrial sensor deployment.
Deployment environment
Outdoor industrial sites, infrastructure and heavy-sensor aerial work environments.
Specifications
Max Takeoff Weight: 8,700 g conditional on altitude Payload Options: LR1 Payload, Gimbaled Alpha 7R IVA Mapping Camera, Ventus OGI, Wiris Pro, Flux O1, Flux L1, Flux H1, Sentera 6X variants, Sentera 65R, and Hovermap ST-X Task Scope: Industrial mapping, inspection, LiDAR scanning, photogrammetry, and payload-based aerial data capture Operational Role: Higher-payload industrial Astro variant for mapping and inspection payloads Payload capacity: 3.0 kg payload capacity Weight: Typical standard empty weight 3,523 g Price: Astro Max $22,995.00; Astro Max (NDAA/Blue) $28,995.00 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 Max specs and support pages maintained by Freefly Flight Time Minutes: 37 minutes with no payload; 18 minutes with 3,000 g payload Battery Bus Voltage: 18 to 25.2 V battery voltage bus Onboard Compute: 1.8 GHz Quad Cortex-A53 processor; 4 GB RAM Software Interfaces: PX4 and MAVSDK compatible; onboard apps can run in Docker and connect via Ethernet/serial Cad Resources: STEP CAD resources and dimension table for Astro Max airframe 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 View Freefly Astro Max overview