Apollo 600/800 Direct Drive

Paramount Apollo™ 600/800 — Altazimuth Direct-Drives

Speed and accuracy can be critical when imaging transient astronomical events, artificial satellites, and space debris and when communicating with assets in space using infrared lasers.

Apollo’s dual-tined fork provides extraordinary stability while its altazimuth design lets it operate in relatively tight spaces — without counterweights or the need for polar alignment.

Available in two models, the Apollo 600 shoulders up to 400 pounds (180 kg) while the Apollo 800 can accommodate payloads of up to 800 pounds (360 kg). They’re very quick to the target with slew speeds of up to sixty-degrees-per-second with the 600 and up to thirty-degrees-per-second with the 800.

What makes Apollo™ so extraordinary is its control software. After all, your instruments need to move into exactly the right position to acquire and then track your targets.

Apollo’s control-software integrates TPoint™ Professional and our advanced Telescope Control System Pointing Kernel (TCSpk™) to deliver extremely accurate pointing and tracking. Indeed, many of the world’s largest optical, infrared, and radio observatories rely on our software.

Apollo is equipped with TheSky™ Universal bundle and our Advanced Satellite Tracking module — all nicely integrated and sporting a consistent look and feel.

The software’s included license allows you to install and run it on up to six separate computers. You can also select among macOS, Windows, and the exceptionally stable Linux (ARM64 and x86_64 architectures). Why paint yourself into a corner?

To help assure excellent mechanical performance, Apollo’s are manufactured at our factory in Golden, Colorado. We use only high-grade metals that are precision-machined to our uncommonly high tolerances.

Apollo’s high-torque, direct-drive motors and optional image rotator incorporate 26-bit absolute digital encoders for excellent performance in acquiring and tracking targets. As essentially off-the-shelf components, the direct drive motors enjoy long track records of proven reliability across multiple industries.

Whether your acquisition and tracking needs involve transient astronomical events, ground-based electro-optical deep space surveillance (GEODSS), laser communications (lasercom), or low-Earth satellites (LEO), Apollo might the perfect solution.

To learn more about the supremely capable Paramount Apollo, please review the Specifications tab below.

Telescope sold separately

$59,500.00 – $79,500.00