The next confirmed launch is scheduled for June 2025 with SpaceX, deploying next-generation WISeSat satellites designed with post-quantum-ready security to protect against future cyber threats, followed by another one in October and a third one in December. This launch series serves as a proof of concept, integrating WISeKey’s trusted Root of Trust with SEALSQ’s cutting-edge Post-Quantum Chips, ensuring unmatched cybersecurity resilience in an evolving digital landscape.
This second-generation launch marks an important milestone in WISeSat’s vision to build a European constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, designed to provide secure communications for the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G (in progress), RSSI, SIGINT, SEALCOIN for transactional IoT (tIoT) and post-quantum cybersecurity capabilities across the globe.[...]By the end of 2025, WISeSat satellites will be able to carry out transactions in SEALCOIN tokens with each other and with connected objects on Earth, forming a secure, autonomous mesh for machine-to-machine (M2M) transactions. This innovation will create a financial and data exchange infrastructure in space, where connected machines will be digitally certified via a “Know Your Object” (KYO) protocol. The KYO process integrates Wecan’s technology and WISeID’s WISeKey platform, guaranteeing reliable identity and accountability throughout the ecosystem.
WISeKey International Holding Ltd today announces the upcoming launch of its next-generation WISeSat.Space satellite aboard a SpaceX mission in June 2025. This milestone marks a major technological step forward for WISeSat.Space’s secure space communications infrastructure and the deployment of Transactional IoT (t-IoT) solutions directly from orbit.The upcoming satellite launch introduces two significant innovations: first, the capability to establish secure, encrypted communications with WISePhone mobile devices, and second, the integration of SEALCOIN, a decentralized agent embedded in the satellite enabling machine-to-machine (M2M) transactions from space. These features significantly enhance the utility of WISeSat.Space’s constellation, as it evolves toward a fully decentralized, secure IoT and communications network supporting autonomous digital ecosystems.
#WISeKey’s #WISeSat Confirms Next Satellite Launch Scheduled for Mid-June from California to Advance Quantum-Safe Space Communications
We’re launching again! 🚀WISeSat is preparing for its next satellite deployment at the end of June, a key step in the expansion of our constellation.
SAT-LOA-20241007-00214Honeybee-00 (193kg, Pixxel)Hyperspectral, VNIR/SWIR, built in US
Pixxel Space's Honeybee-00 has moved from Transporter 14.
Orbital Altitude400-600 kmOrbital Inclinationxx97° ± 2Expected LaunchJune 2025Apogee/Perigee590.0 kmOrbital Period5779.9 sThis analysis considers two of nine possibly transmitting satellites (eight Tranche 2 and one X57) for three primary reasons. First, ICEYE will have no greater than two satellites on each future SpaceX rideshare launch, has no control over these satellites’ orbital altitude and inclination insertion parameters, and will not maneuver the nine total satellites together into any grouped flying formation after all their deployments.
Iridium Satellite LLC (“Iridium”) seeks an experimental license to transmit in the 1618.725-1626.5 MHz band from its space stations to the smallsat ION SCV Passionate Paola, operated by D-Orbit SPA, which will be launched no earlier than June 1, 2025.[...]The goal of the mission is to operate hosted payload INN3 in order to capture images that can be processed and then downloaded via the Iridium network.
A new collaboration between space logistics and orbital transportation services company D-Orbit and communication specialists Addvalue will see its Inter-satellite Data Relay System (IDRS™) deployed for D-Orbit’s ION in-orbit demonstration mission, due to launch in mid-2025.
A new set of ICEYE satellites left our facilities in Finland earlier this spring, headed for our third launch of the year.Each deployment strengthens our ability to deliver rapid, reliable intelligence when it matters most. From manufacturing to mission readiness, precision and speed are at the core of everything we do.Stay tuned for updates as launch approaches.
Exolaunch today announced a new multi-launch agreement (MLA) with South Korean satellite manufacturer Nara Space. The agreement, which spans from 2025 through 2028, solidifies a partnership to deploy several 12U and 16U satellites in orbit during SpaceX rideshare missions, with options to launch additional satellites ranging from 3U to 16U in size across the contract term. The MLA kicks off with the deployment of Nara Space's Observer-1B, a 16U Earth observation cubesat, slated to launch in 2025.[...]Under this new agreement, Exolaunch will support the deployment of Nara Space's expanding satellite programs and customer missions, including the Observer and Narsha series. Following the launch of Observer-1B, Narsha, a methane-monitoring satellite, is scheduled for deployment in 2026 as the first step toward a full-scale global constellation.Equipped with a hyperspectral imager operating in the short-wave infrared (SWIR) range, Narsha will detect methane emissions as small as 100 kg/h with a ground sampling distance of less than 50 meters, enabling the detection of even weak methane signals. With a 12-satellite constellation planned by 2028, the system aims to achieve 90% global coverage within a four-week cycle, significantly enhancing methane emission monitoring and contributing to global climate and environmental initiatives.Through the MLA, Exolaunch will deliver a full-service deployment package designed to support Nara Space's evolving mission requirements. The service package includes launch capacity, mission planning, integration, testing, shipping, and deployment services tailored to Nara Space's unique technical specifications. Exolaunch will deploy the satellites using its EXOpod Nova deployer, a robust and customizable cubesat deployer engineered for secure and efficient deployments of larger cubesat formats. The EXOpod Nova has become a trusted industry standard, with hundreds of successful satellite deployments, offering safety and precision that match the demands of Nara Space's high-stakes missions.
We are launching Observer-1B this year in June, which marks another significant step towards our final goal.
✅ Set to launch in fall 2025, the Observer 1B mission will lay the foundation for Nara Space’s ambitious 72-satellite Earth observation constellation. To support the large volumes of data generated by Observer’s high-resolution imaging system, we provided a compact, high-performance X-band antenna tailored for CubeSats, designed to be robust and reliable in orbital conditions.
Spire Global, Inc. (“Spire”) seeks to amend its pending applications to modify its Boulder, CO earth station (Call Sign E160033),1 to add certain satellites in the Hubble Network, Inc. (“Hubble”) streamlined small satellite network (Call Sign S3212), Hubble−4 and Hubble−5, as additional satellite points of communication, conditioned upon the grant of the Hubble authorization.2 Spire seeks to commence communication with the Hubble-4 and Hubble-5 spacecraft upon deployment, currently planned for June 1, 2025.
MyRadar's Horis-2 has switched from Transporter-13 (1234-EX-CN-2024). [Dec 13]
The two spacecraft will be launched aboard SpaceX Transporter 14, NET June 1, 2025, from Vandenberg Air Force Base. They will be inserted into a circular Sun synch orbit at 510 km altitude, on an inclination from the equator of 97.4 degrees. Atmospheric friction will slow each satellite and reduce the altitude of the orbit, until de-orbiting occurs about 5 years after launch. The spacecraft are two identical 1 unit (1U) CubeSats with the dimensions of 10x10x10cm. The total mass is about 2 kg.
This is the first fully-assembled, fully-functional HORIS satellite running the latest version of our flight software. It will remain on the ground in our development lab as an engineering prototype to be used for further development and testing purposes! We’ve already used it to run the flight software through its paces, verifying the functionality of the radios, exercising it through a number of commands and validating the flow and function of the flight software.A number of lessons were learned during the assembly and construction of this first satellite; positioning of connectors, cables, pin change revisions and other miscellaney were among the list of things that we discovered once we started putting all of the boards and components together. The next step was to make minor board revisions to adjust for some of these points and iterate with newer, cleaner boards with fewer cables and more efficient design.We’re now taking all of the final components and boards and assembling them into HORIS-1 and HORIS-2, the two satellites that will launch with SpaceX this June. While the hardware is assembled. tested and commissioned, we’ll continue to exercise and refine the software for the ADCS, or Attitude Determination and Control System, which will be used to detumble the satellite once its deployed as well as for pointing the satellite once it becomes officially operational.
Tested on the ground under simulated space environmental conditions, the Early Test payload hasbeen integrated into D-Orbit’s ION satellite platform, which will allow it to operate in orbit. It is nowscheduled to be launched into space in June 2025
Completely unexpectedly and suddenly, another launch opportunity arose for three more of our ERMINAZ PocketQubes on a rideshare (Transporter-14) with SpaceX.The launch is scheduled to take place in the second quarter of 2025 and the flight models must be ready for integration into the PocketQube deployer, which is provided by the Libre Space Foundation, by the end of February/beginning of March. Accordingly, only a few weeks remain for the production of the components, assembly, commissioning and testing of the three PocketQubes; our shortest satellite campaign to date!ERMINAZ-2U operates in the UHF band (435 MHz), while ERMINAZ-2V and ERMINAZ-2X transmit and receive in the VHF band (145 MHz).ERMINAZ-2 specificationThe design of the satellites is identical to those of ERMINAZ-1U and ERMINAZ-1V (see specification above). • PQ standard: 1PQ = 50 x 50 x 50 mm3 • Mass: 250 g • Orbit: perigee 500 km, apogee 600, SSO, 97° Inclination, period 95 min. • Launch: O2 2025 with Falcon 9 from US.
The three ERMINAZ-2U, -2V and -2X PocketQubes will be deployed from UARX OSSIE mission on SpaceX Transporter-14 using a PocketQube-Deployer provided by the Libre Space Foundation (Greece) into a 500x600km polar orbit.
ERMINAZ-2 planned to launch on the SpaceX Transporter-14 mission currently expected Jun 21, 2025.
Not confirmed for T14, but ICEYE's new Tranche 3 X57 SAR smallsat is probably on board. (SAT-LOA-20250221-00050) [Feb 21]
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Democritus University of Thrace designed and developed the DUTHSat-2 CubeSat satellite to enable early detection and reporting of oil spills and intentional discharges of ship waste (bilge water), which account for over 60% of global marine pollution. The project aims to strengthen environmental surveillance and response efforts in the Aegean Sea and other marine regions. It is being implemented through the collaboration between the General Secretariat of Telecommunications of the Ministry of Digital Governance and the European Space Agency (ESA), with funding from the Recovery and Resilience Fund.Reaffirming its commitment to advancing research and technology, Sunlight Group is providing technological support for testing at its industrial complex in Xanthi to ensure the satellite’s structural integrity and operational reliability. Vibration tests and eigenfrequency analysis have confirmed DUTHSat-2’s resilience to the extreme forces experienced during launch and secured the required certification for docking to the Falcon 9 rocket, which is scheduled to launch in June 2025 from the USA as part of the Transporter 14 mission.
DUTHSat-2: Led by Democritus University of Thrace, a 6U CubeSat capturing visible and near-infrared imagery for oil spill detection and soil moisture monitoring.
ARVAKER I is the first step in the deployment of the N3X constellation. The following two satellites, ARVAKER II and III, will launch on the upcoming Transporter mission later this year.
Skybee-1, the first satellite in Constellr’s High-precision Versatile Ecosphere (HiVE) constellation, launched Jan. 14 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare. A second Skybee satellite is scheduled to launch this summer.
This STA is required for pre-launch stand-alone RF testing of the Transporter-14 Mission Possible payload recovery beacons prior to fairing encapsulation inside the SpaceX Payload Processing Facility (PPF) at SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
✨ Early Test Update: Ready for Orbit! ✨We’re kicking off 2025 with a major milestone—our Early Test payload is officially integrated and tested! 🛠️✅For the first time, a regenerative payload capable of using 5G millimeter wave frequencies from space is set to launch! 🚀 This is opening new horizon for universal broadband connectivity and a major step toward building the Next Generation of Space Infrastructure for Telecom Operators. 🌍📡Early Test is designed to validate key high-speed, low-latency communication technologies both on the ground and in orbit. After rigorous testing in Toulouse, it was successfully integrated onto D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier in Italy—and is now officially ready to launch.Constellation Technologies & Operations' Senior 5G Software Architect, Mathieu Arnaud, explains how this milestone pushes the boundaries of satellite-based connectivity:"Unlike previous in-orbit 5G demonstrations, which rely on transparent payloads merely repeating RF signals from the ground, our Early Test payload is regenerative—bringing true 5G processing onboard the satellite. This means that instead of acting as a simple relay, our system actively processes and manages the signal in space. Additionally, we are pioneering the use of 5G millimeter-wave frequencies (5G mmWave) for satellite-based broadband connectivity, a first in the industry. This is a major step forward in making low-latency, high-speed connectivity from space a reality."🚀 Our payload’s next stop: space! 🌌 Scheduled to launch in June 2025, this mission will pave the way for satellite-based 5G broadband connectivity, bringing us closer to our vision of universal, high-speed low-latency connectivity.📡 Stay tuned—the adventure is just starting! 🚀✨
The payload would support initial end-to-end 5G tests from 550 to 600 kilometers above Earth before CTO moves ahead with its VLEO deployment.
Defense wants to increase space capacity in the short term with four satellites27-03-2025Defence wants to have four additional small satellites in space in the short term. De Telegraaf reports that according to those involved, two satellites will be launched in June and October of this year. The other two should then be launched in the second quarter of next year. These are probably so-called nanosatellites: small satellites about the size of a milk carton.Defence had previously indicated that it wanted more capacity in space, but the launch of the four satellites had not yet been announced.A spokesperson for Defence does not go into details, but does say that "the Dutch armed forces have invested heavily in satellite capabilities in recent years and will continue to do so in the future".[...](Google Translate from Dutch)
We built a satellite from scratch in less than 18 months, despite never having worked in Earth observation before. We were the first to complete the work, launching it into orbit. And now, in our clean room, we have more than 10 satellites ready to go, with 8 of them being shipped in two weeks to the United States to be launched on SpaceX's Transporter 14 mission in June.So you are perfectly on track for the release of all the planned IRIDE satellites, before June 2026? (Maximum limit indicated by the PNRR contracts).We are perfectly on track. We already have 15 more satellites under construction, in addition to more than 10 already ready. I think we have demonstrated once again that we have excellent reliability, even in areas such as Earth observation that were completely new to us. This is also demonstrated by the quality and resolution of the images that we are receiving and seeing.
Mission Name: Transporter-14Launch Provider: SpaceXLaunch Vehicle: Falcon 9Launch Site: Vandenberg SFB, CA, USAILC: 01 Jun 2025 + 30d
HawkEye 360's 8U Kestrel-0A cubesat is likely on this launch (previously removed from Transporter-12) (SAT-AMD-20250331-00085) [Mar 31]QuoteUpdate the apogee and perigee of the Kestrel-0A satellite from “510 km” to “520 km.”[...]The Kestrel-0A satellite is scheduled for launch on June 26, 2025.SAT-MOD-20240619-00139
Update the apogee and perigee of the Kestrel-0A satellite from “510 km” to “520 km.”[...]The Kestrel-0A satellite is scheduled for launch on June 26, 2025.
Feb. 20 meeting with FCC:QuoteCluster 12 & Kestrel-0A scheduled for Rocket Lab launch, NET June 1, 2025Mar. 31 filing:QuoteThe Kestrel-0A satellite is scheduled for launch on June 26, 2025. Accordingly, HE360 respectfully requests that the FCC expeditiously grant the application, as amended.
Cluster 12 & Kestrel-0A scheduled for Rocket Lab launch, NET June 1, 2025
The Kestrel-0A satellite is scheduled for launch on June 26, 2025. Accordingly, HE360 respectfully requests that the FCC expeditiously grant the application, as amended.
About GRUS-3αName: GRUS-3αSatellite wet mass: Approximately 150kgSatellite envelope: 96cm x 78cm x 126cmOrbit altitude: 585kmOrbit type: Sun-synchronousLaunch details for GRUS-3αDate: No earlier than June 2025Site: Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, USAVehicle: Falcon 9Mission: Transporter-14Launch Provider: SpaceX
SAT-LOA-20230824-00211 YAC-1-1 on T11, YAC-1-2 .. YAC-1-10 on T12.QuoteLoft Orbital Solutions Inc. (“Loft Orbital”) requests authority to launch and operate a constellation of 10 satellites (“YAC-1”). YAC-1 is Loft Orbital’s first customer constellation, which will be the EarthDaily Analytics Corp. (“EarthDaily”) earth observation system. Each satellite in the YAC-1 constellation includes a VNIR imager, a SWIR imager, and a Thermal/IR imager. The satellites will be phased equally around the orbital plane and provide nearly daily coverage of major Earth land masses.The constellation is expected to be launched on two SpaceX Transporter missions.The first satellite is scheduled for launch in June 2024 and the remaining satellites in October 2024.
Loft Orbital Solutions Inc. (“Loft Orbital”) requests authority to launch and operate a constellation of 10 satellites (“YAC-1”). YAC-1 is Loft Orbital’s first customer constellation, which will be the EarthDaily Analytics Corp. (“EarthDaily”) earth observation system. Each satellite in the YAC-1 constellation includes a VNIR imager, a SWIR imager, and a Thermal/IR imager. The satellites will be phased equally around the orbital plane and provide nearly daily coverage of major Earth land masses.The constellation is expected to be launched on two SpaceX Transporter missions.The first satellite is scheduled for launch in June 2024 and the remaining satellites in October 2024.
EarthDaily Analytics today announced a major milestone in the development of its ground breaking 10-satellite EarthDaily Constellation: the company has successfully integrated its first payload with one of Loft Orbital's Longbow satellite buses and completed spacecraft-level environmental testing. This achievement marks a significant leap forward and clears the way for the first EarthDaily Constellation satellite to launch into orbit this summer.The EarthDaily Constellation is poised to redefine Earth Observation in the AI era, unlocking the power of broad-area change detection and daily global revisit. Upon deployment, the EarthDaily Constellation will provide high-quality insights of critical value to high-impact industries, unlocking operational efficiencies, identifying and mitigating emerging and unrealized risks, and understanding the world at a scale and depth previously unavailable in the market.“We are driven by a mission to empower industries and governments with the tools they need to make informed, transformative decisions,” said Don Osborne, CEO of EarthDaily Analytics. “The EarthDaily Constellation will deliver unmatched, high-quality data and insights that push the boundaries of what’s possible in Earth Observation. Years of planning, groundbreaking science, and cutting-edge innovation come to life in this extraordinary spacecraft. Having reached this critical milestone, we are on the path to fundamentally transforming how our planet is monitored and understood, ultimately empowering our clients to better achieve their most critical objectives.”EarthDaily is partnering with industry leaders like Loft Orbital, ABB, and SpaceX to deliver its EO solutions with reliability, innovation, and cost-efficiency. The constellation leverages Loft’s Longbow satellite platform, which is based on the flight-proven Airbus Arrow bus platform.“The successful integration and testing of this first satellite is a testament to Loft’s space infrastructure model and the strong partnership we’ve established with EarthDaily Analytics. We can’t wait to get to the pad later this year and start unlocking the full potential of the EarthDaily Constellation,” said Alex Greenberg, COO of Loft Orbital.
