 The cantilever wings had a span of 34 ft (10.3 m) and they, the tail and the fuselage were fabric-covered.The Satellite was fitted initially with an ungeared Bristol Cherub engine, with which it had a top speed of without a passenger.The aircraft was initially fitted with an ungeared Bristol Cherub engine at the Air Ministry's Two-Seater Light Aeroplane competition at Lympne in 1924, where the Satellite was flown by the company's chief test pilot J. Lankester Parker.