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Freefly Astro Max

About

About Freefly Astro Max

Astro Max packages Freefly’s compact multirotor with folding landing gear, a payload isolator, Skyview mount, Pilot Pro controller and RTK ground station. Its open payload interface supports professional cameras and sensors for mapping, inspection and custom aerial applications.

The aircraft runs Auterion enterprise software and provides precise low-speed control around infrastructure. Mapping packages integrate a 61-megapixel Sony ILX-LR1 camera and gimbal. Freefly supplies travel cases, batteries, support documentation and Blue UAS-compatible configurations for government customers.

Capabilities

Source-backed capabilities

  • Capability areas: Autonomous navigation
  • Workflows: Industrial inspection
  • Operating environments: Outdoor field environment
  • Target markets: Enterprise, Infrastructure, Public Safety
  • Control modes: Px4 Autonomous Mission
  • Deployment model: Operator Flown Platform
  • Mapping and photogrammetry

    Claimed - Freefly presents Astro Max for professional mapping, inspection, LiDAR and optical-gas-imaging workflows.

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  • Robotic inspection

    Claimed - Freefly presents Astro Max for professional mapping, inspection, LiDAR and optical-gas-imaging workflows.

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  • Aerial LiDAR surveying

    Claimed - Freefly presents Astro Max for professional mapping, inspection, LiDAR and optical-gas-imaging workflows.

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  • Emissions and gas-leak monitoring

    Claimed - Freefly presents Astro Max for professional mapping, inspection, LiDAR and optical-gas-imaging workflows.

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Supply

Supply / Components

  • Freefly Astro Max

    Hovermap Payload Configuration For Astro Max - sensors - Emesent - Freefly sells an Astro Max configuration with the Emesent Hovermap payload - source: store.freeflysystems.com

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Research

  • Astro / Astro Max Technical and Developer Documentation

    Research Publication - Freefly's official Astro / Astro Max documentation covers the professional multirotor aircraft, Auterion Enterprise PX4 and MAVSDK compatibility, onboard Docker application support, payload and electrical interfaces, battery architecture, motor differences, CAD resources, and model-specific dimensions for Astro legacy and Astro Max.

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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

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