Quub QAC-1 Flock Technical DescriptionThe overall goal of the QAC-1 Flock mission is to launch four of Quub’s Aurora-Class (QAC)satellites in order to test the satellite bus design for commercial application, as well as to perform aradio experiment. The satellites will endeavor to capture and downlink images of the Earth, as wellas to assess and measure the radio frequency communications between the satellites and the groundstation.The satellites will be launched as secondary payloads aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket as part ofthe Transporter-11 rideshare mission, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, NET 1 June 2024. It will beinserted into a circular sun-synchronous orbit at 500km, on an inclination from the equator of 97.4degrees. Communication will continue for the two-year life of the mission. Atmospheric frictionwill slow the satellite and reduce the altitude of the orbit, until de-orbiting occurs between 3 and 5years after launch. See the Orbital Debris Assessment Report for details.The flock is composed of 4 units with the dimensions of six 5 cm X 5 cm X 5 cm PocketQubemodules plus standard tab spacing (giving an overall dimension of 74 mm x 192 mm x 143.2 mmwith solar panels in their stowed configuration.) The total mass of one satellite is about 1.75 Kg.
Loft Orbital requests authority to launch and operate a single microsatellite, YAM-7. YAM-7 will be operated by Loft and will have a single dedicated customer, Hydrosat.Target Deployment Altitude: 510 km (circular) Orbit Type: Sun-Synchronous Inclination: 97.6 +/- 0.1 degrees LTDN: 10:30 +30/-30 minutes The YAM-7 satellite is based on the LeoStella bus used for the BlackSky Global satellites. Basic physical dimensions are 875 mm x 677 mm x 665 mm with a mass of approximately 90.8 kg.Loft Orbital has manifested YAM-7 on a Falcon 9 that is scheduled for launch in June 2024.
Insertion and Operating Parameters:LTAN / LTDN: To be defined by SpaceX Transporter-11 (current estimate is LTDN 22:30)Nominal insertion orbital altitude: 590 km +/-25 km (circular)Nominal insertion inclination: 97.6 degrees (+/- 0.5 degrees)Operating orbital altitude: 430 – 560 kmNominal operating inclination: Sun-synchronous inclination, 97.6 degrees (+/- 0.5 degrees)GNOMES-5 will be lowered to a starting operational altitude of no greater than 560 km (circular) following launch and orbit insertion. The spacecraft orbit will be allowed to naturally decay until the orbit altitude reaches 525 km. At this point, the orbit altitude will be maintained at 525 km by periodically orbit raising to keep the orbit altitude at 525 km circular until necessary to ensure passive deorbit within 6 years of the launch date.Reason for selection of operational orbit(s): The operational orbit was chosen to optimize measurement of the different atmospheric layers, while allowing frequent opportunities for ground station communication and ensuring total orbital lifetime will not exceed 6 years.2 ODAR Section 2: Spacecraft DescriptionPhysical description of the spacecraft: GNOMES-5 is a microsatellite, with a launch mass of approximately 41.7 kg and reentry mass of 41.5 kg. The stowed configuration of the satellite fits within a 50 cm x 66.4 cm x 83.5 cm volume envelope. After separation from the launch vehicle, the GNOMES-5 solar panel and science antennas deploy.
Washington D.C. (February 6, 2024) – HEO, a space technology company specialising in non-Earth imaging (NEI) and in-orbit satellite inspection, announced today a partnership with Impulse Space, a leader of in-space transportation services.Under the agreement, Impulse will host HEO’s in-space imager, HOLMES-007, onboard a Mira orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) as part of the LEO Express-2 mission. This will be HEO’s third Holmes Imager in space and the only commercial camera dedicated to non-Earth imaging in high Low Earth Orbit (High LEO), presenting new prospects for satellite inspection. This higher orbit will be reachable thanks to Mira’s powerful 5lbf Saiph thrusters.“We are excited to partner with the Impulse Space team,” said HEO Co-Founder and CEO Will Crowe. “A major challenge for non-Earth imaging is coverage, and this is the first step of a long-term partnership to serve demand for this imaging data across many orbits.” Working hand-in-hand with HEO’s automated smart tasking systems, Mira will provide hosting services such as power, communications, orbit raising, attitude control, and others to successfully complete NEI missions.“With rapid and responsive manoeuvrability, Mira is uniquely positioned to help HEO capture valuable imagery,” said Impulse Space founder and CEO Tom Mueller. “Having recently demonstrated several high-precision manoeuvres with Mira on our LEO Express-1 mission, including 6DOF attitude control, we’re excited to see how customers can take advantage of our capabilities on future missions.”HEO feeds data from Holmes Imagers and other satellite sensors into HEO Inspect, an in-orbit satellite inspection software platform that provides invaluable information on spacecraft at scale. Since its unveiling, HEO Inspect has been used by governments, defence agencies, and the commercial sector, serving as a vital tool to achieve high-revisit and timely collection for the rapid identification and characterisation of spacecraft. Recently, HEO released HEO Inspect 2.0, which added new features like attitude estimation, pattern-of-life analysis, and rapid identification for space objects.
Reason for Request of STAThis application is for an STA license to support the operation of Winnebago-1,which is currently licensed under the original STA issued, 1215-EX-ST-2023. Theperiod of that STA is October 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024. After that STA wasissued, Winnebago-2 has been remanifested to launch on SpaceX Transporter 11,launching no earlier than July 1, 2024. So a new STA is requested to cover thenew period of operation.The orbit will be the same as specified in the original STA application, and thespacecraft radio emissions and physical composition are unchanged.Updates: The new launch is on SpaceX Transporter 11. A ground station at Punte Arenas, Chile, will be added to the list of groundstations supporting the mission. The landing site for the return capsule will be in Australia.Other than the above listed updates, the mission remains unchanged.
0231-EX-CN-2024Kaladin, 3U, Array Labs
Umbra Lab, Inc. (“Umbra”), in accordance with part 25 of the Commission’s rules, herebyrequests authorization for Umbra to launch and operate two (2) synthetic aperture radar (“SAR”)Earth-Exploration Satellite Service (“EESS”) microsatellites in low-Earth, non-geostationary orbit(“NGSO”) (hereinafter “Block 2.1 Constellation”). To enable Umbra’s commercial operations and to meet the targeted Q3 2024 launch date, Umbra respectfully requests that the Commission grant this application expeditiously.The satellites are scheduled for launch on a SpaceX Transporter-11 rideshare missionSpaceX has confirmed that Umbra’s deployment altitude for the launch will beapproximately 590 kmLaunch Date July 2024LTAN (RAAN): TBD. SpaceX will provide the RAAN values approximately two months prior tolaunch.
https://space24.pl/satelity/obserwacja-ziemi/spacex-wyniesie-na-orbite-polskiego-mikrosatelite-eagleeye [Jun 7]
Creotech Instruments assumes that it will send the EagleEye satellite system to the USA by the end of April 2024 and hopes that it will be sent into orbit on a SpaceX rocket in June next year, said President Grzegorz Brona....Creotech hopes to send its satellite system in June, but the company’s president pointed out that a postponement of the launch date by SpaceX cannot be completely ruled out.
0288-EX-CN-2024 Otter Pup 2QuoteStarfish Space will collaborate with D-Orbit to dock with any or all three of the following DOrbit ION OTVs:• SCV-012 will deploy from Transporter-11 in June 2024, into an orbit at 590 km SSO, in the same orbital plane as Otter Pup 2, but several months earlier. ...
Starfish Space will collaborate with D-Orbit to dock with any or all three of the following DOrbit ION OTVs:• SCV-012 will deploy from Transporter-11 in June 2024, into an orbit at 590 km SSO, in the same orbital plane as Otter Pup 2, but several months earlier. ...
ThinkOrbital Flight-2 is an experimental, short duration mission (appx. 12 hours) to demonstrate electron beam welding and other functionality in space. The actual operations takes approximately 1 hour with approximately 11 hours of data downlink using the Iridium satellite system.
The Electron Beam Multi-Function Test Flight-2 consists of a single, 45 kg, R2D2-sized cylinder with a 510 km orbit at 97.4 Deg Orbital inclination. ThinkOrbital Flight-2 will de-orbit passively, with an expected lifetime of 9.4 years
0379-EX-ST-2024ThinkOrbital Flight 2QuoteThinkOrbital Flight-2 is an experimental, short duration mission (appx. 12 hours) to demonstrate electron beam welding and other functionality in space. The actual operations takes approximately 1 hour with approximately 11 hours of data downlink using the Iridium satellite system.QuoteThe Electron Beam Multi-Function Test Flight-2 consists of a single, 45 kg, R2D2-sized cylinder with a 510 km orbit at 97.4 Deg Orbital inclination. ThinkOrbital Flight-2 will de-orbit passively, with an expected lifetime of 9.4 years
Deimos is a single 1.5u CubeSat in (LEO) Low-Earth-Orbit that will carry two (EO)Electro-Optical sensors for the purpose of remote sensing and remote onboard edge computing.Specifically, Deimos will conduct weather observation by mapping cloud coverage, land covermapping and resource exploration with insights produced onboard from the edge computingmodule.
ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite has passed its environmental test campaign with flying colours – meaning that the satellite has been declared fit for liftoff and its life in the harsh environment of space.
The satellite is now being shipped back to Sweden for a last few checks before it is packed up ready for shipment to the Vandenberg launch site in California in the US.
TROOP F2 Reason for ModificationTroop F2 is currently licensed; the file number is 0309-EX-CN-2023.This modification is requested because of the following changes to the mission:The launch vehicle has been changed to SpaceX Transporter 11, launching NET June 1 2024. To accommodate the dispensers on Transporter 11, the deployable solar panels have been removed from the spacecraft.Also, the 900 MHz radio and antenna have been removed.Nothing else is changed. Everything stays the same as in the current license regarding deploy orbit, other emissions and spacecraft components
0084-EX-CM-2024 Troop F2 (6U, Near Space Launch)QuoteTROOP F2 Reason for ModificationTroop F2 is currently licensed; the file number is 0309-EX-CN-2023.This modification is requested because of the following changes to the mission:The launch vehicle has been changed to SpaceX Transporter 11, launching NET June 1 2024. To accommodate the dispensers on Transporter 11, the deployable solar panels have been removed from the spacecraft.Also, the 900 MHz radio and antenna have been removed.Nothing else is changed. Everything stays the same as in the current license regarding deploy orbit, other emissions and spacecraft components
Kanyini consists of one (1) 6U satellite bus built by Inovor Technologies Pty Ltd (Australia) that carries an electro-optic (EO) sensor and an Internet of Things (IoT) payload. The EO sensor is the Hyperscout 2, developed by cosine s.r.l. (Italy) and implemented by SmartSat CRC that provides hyperspectral imaging in the visible and near infrared for earth observationapplications. The IoT payload contains an in-house Software Defined Radio developed by Myriota Pty Ltd.
