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Satellie Formation Flying

Umbra Advances to Phase II of the DARPA DRIFT program

April 29, 2024

Umbra has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to progress to Phase II of the Distributed Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT) program. This significant milestone underscores […]

Filed Under: Agencies, Bistatic Formation, Bistatic Imagery, Constellation, DARPA, Distributed Radar Image Formation Technology (DRIFT), Government Agencies, LEO, Military, News, SAR, SAR, SAR Imagery, Satellie Formation Flying, Satellites, SmallSat, smallsats, U.S. Government, U.S. Government (USG) Communications, Umbra

Vega launcher’s fuel-free CubeSats to keep formation with wings

September 28, 2023

Spain’s trio of ANSER CubeSats, due to fly on Europe’s next Vega launcher, will fly like a flock of birds on-orbit — in more ways than one. Keeping in formation […]

Filed Under: ANSER CubeSats, ESA Small Satellite Platform Unit, Europe's Spaceport, European Commission, European Space Agency (ESA), Hyperspectral Camera, Hyperspectral Imaging, Hyperspectral Sensor, News, Satellie Formation Flying, Spanish Institute of Aerospace Technology (INTA), Vega Launcher, Vega Small Spacecraft Mission Service

Sun-watching Proba-3 formation flyers tested for take-off

June 15, 2023

ESA’s pair of Sun-watching Proba-3 satellites have been placed in take-off configuration (see image above), one on top of the other, for testing in simulated launch and space conditions at […]

Filed Under: European Space Agency (ESA), IABG [Germany], News, Proba-3 Mission, Satellie Formation Flying, Satellite Testing, Simulated Launch, Testing + Verification, Testing Facilities

Fugro and GomSpace deliver world class position and timing accuracy onboard LEO satellites

June 13, 2023

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, […]

Filed Under: Fugro, GEO, GomSpace, LEO, Position Navigation Timing (PNT), Satellie Formation Flying, SmallSat, SpaceStar™

HawkEye 360 initiates manufacturing of their Satellite Clusters 12 + 13 under SFL’s Flex program

May 18, 2023

Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has announced that HawkEye 360 has initiated manufacturing of the 12th and 13th Clusters of the company’s radio frequency (RF) geolocating, smallsat constellation — the six […]

Filed Under: Canada, Constellation, HawkEye 360, Manufacturing, Manufacturing, News, Satellie Formation Flying, Satellite Manufacturing, Satellites, SmallSat, SmallSat Builds, SmallSat Design, Smallsat Development, Smallsat Fleet, Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) Tagged With: Featured

ESA’s Formation-flying Proba-3 satellites are now fully integrated

March 27, 2023

The two spacecraft that comprise ESA’s Proba-3 mission for precise formation flying in orbit are now complete — all of the instruments and sensors that allow the satellites to maneuver […]

Filed Under: Coronographs, ESA, Proba-3 Mission, Satellie Formation Flying, Science Investigations, Space Science, Sun

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