At the Joint Navigation Conference in San Diego, California, BAE Systems unveiled their newest advanced M-Code GPS receiver for guided weapons and other small applications, enabling precise geolocation and strike capabilities in highly contested battlespaces. The Strategic Anti-jam Beamforming Receiver – M-Code (SABR-M) delivers accurate position, velocity, altitude, and timing data, as well as strong […]
Geolocation
Six smallsats by Space Flight Laboratory were launched to orbit via the SpaceX Transporter-5 mission
Six smallsats developed by Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) were successfully launched by the SpaceX Transporter-5 rideshare mission on May 25th. The three GHGSat greenhouse gas monitoring and three HawkEye 360 radio frequency (RF) geolocation smallsats bring to 36 the total number of SFL-built satellites placed into orbit since 2020. The recently launched GHGSat-C3, C4, and […]
Hawkeye 360 Launches Next-Gen Cluster 5 Sats
…recent launches in 2022 will have doubled capacity and revisit rates, expanding HawkEye 360’s constellation to 15 satellites. This significantly boosts the constellation’s ability to serve global customer demand and to monitor activity across places such as Ukraine. HawkEye 360 Inc., the world’s leading commercial provider of space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics, today […]
Airbus’ Final Two Dispenser-Free Pléiades Neo Constellation Satellites Ready For Launch
The last two satellites of the Airbus-built, owned and operated Pléiades Neo constellation are on track for launch later this year, following successful final tests in Toulouse’s clean rooms. Following the seamless parallel integration of both Pléiades Neo 5 and 6 satellites, and the successful conclusion of the environment (thermal vacuum, acoustic, vibration) test campaign, […]
Spire Global’s SPaaS Smallsats Take A Ride To Orbit On The SpaceX Transporter-5 Rideshare Mission
Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR) (“Spire” or “the Company”) launched five satellites this month on the SpaceX Transporter-5 Mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Spire Space Services, the company’s Space-as-a-Service (SPaaS) business, has satellites and hardware onboard the launch for: HANCOM inSPACE, initially a spin-off by Korea Aerospace Research Institute and now […]
Unseen Labs Has Two Of Their Satellites Successfully Launched To Orbit
Unseenlabs successfully launched their sixth and seventh satellites dedicated to the geolocation of vessels at sea on April 1st and May 3rd , 2022. The first satellite was launched with SpaceX from Cape Canaveral in Florida and the second one was launched aboard with Rocket Lab from New Zealand. In total, Unseenlabs has deployed seven […]
Dark Ship Maritime Analytics Capabilities Released By HawkEye 360
HawkEye 360 Inc. has released a new maritime association analytics capability that analyzes RF signal geolocations and third-party global AIS maritime geolocations to provide insight into potential dark ship activity in key areas of interest (AOI) across the world. The maritime insights enable organizations to understand anomalies in the maritime domain and more effectively employ […]
First UK Orbital Launch From Space Cornwall Features Virgin Orbit’s Launch Of Applications Catapult’s Amber-1 Smallsat
The Satellite Applications Catapult (“the Catapult”) and Virgin Orbit (“Virgin Orbit”, Nasdaq: VORB) have announced an agreement to launch the latest satellite in the Catapult’s In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD) program into space from the United Kingdom later this year. The satellite, called Amber-1, is a partnership between the Catapult and Horizon Technologies. This 6U satellites was […]
Kleos Space’s Third Cluster Satellite Launch By SpaceX Is Successful
Kleos Space S.A., (ASX: KSS, Frankfurt: KS1) successfully launched their third satellite cluster, the Patrol Mission, on April 1, 2022, onboard the SpaceX Transporter-4 mission. The D-Orbit Orbital Transfer Vehicle carrying the four Patrol Mission satellites has been successfully deployed into a 500 km. SSO after being launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida. After the […]
HawkEye 360’s Cluster 4 Satellites Successfully Travel To Orbit
HawkEye 360 Inc.’s Cluster 4 satellites successfully launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Cape Canaveral on April 1. The trio of HawkEye 360 satellites, each containing an RF payload developed by the company, has established communication with ground control and is set to commence its commissioning process to meet increasing client demand. […]