Fugro and GomSpace have been working together on the SpaceStar™ product since 2020. Since that time, the first SpaceStar systems has gained flight heritage and credible performance: Real time, sub-decimeter, absolute positioning on board an LEO satellite without additional, required ground-infrastructure for the satellite operator — a truly unique capability that can be instrumental in advanced missions that involve rendezvous and docking or precise formation flying.
SpaceStar relies on GomSpace’s Software Defined Radio (SDR) with Fugro’s software using real-time orbit and clock corrections from GEO satellites. The SDRs are delivered by GomSpace with the Fugro SpaceStar software pre-installed, and the customer signs a service agreement with Fugro to use the system in space.
GomSpace has recently received an additional product order from a well-known and returning customer that will use the SpaceStar system on multiple satellites.
“We are excited about the cooperation with Fugro and having SpaceStar on the market as a standard product. The performance demonstrated in space is amazing.” — Carsten Drachmann, CEO, GomSpace