HawkEye 360, Inc. (“HE360”) hereby informs the Federal Communications Commission that on December 21, 2024, HE360 successfully deployed three satellites (1 Cluster of 3 satellites, known as “Cluster 11”) at an orbital altitude of approximately 510 km (apogee) x 513 km (perigee) with an inclination of approximately 44.9 degrees.
SADA checkout complete. Safe rendezvous and proximity operations for space superiority missions drives unique requirements into spacecraft design. Spacecraft relative location, relative velocity, attitude impact beta angle, but these factors are not always in an operator's control. This impacts spacecraft power, which impacts operational planning and selection of tactics.Jackal uses articulating solar arrays to keep the power flowing and maintain mission success in a variety of sunlit conditions. In a recent test, we successfully actuated our solar array motors across a variety of rotation angles.
CelesTrak has GP data for 28 of 29 objects from the launch (2024-247) of Bandwagon-2 atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB on Dec 21 at 1134 UTC: https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-second-mid-inclination-rideshare-mission/. Data for the launch can be found at: https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements/table.php?INTDES=2024-247.
Looks like it's missing the Korean sat
In January 2024, GITAI expanded its focus to include the in-house development of satellite technology, including major components, to enable comprehensive on-orbit services. As part of this effort, the company developed and successfully launched its first satellite demonstration, the 16U-sized SC1, at 3:34 AM (PST) on December 21, 2024, via SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rideshare mission (Bandwagon 2).Mission Accomplishment: Full SuccessThe satellite demonstration achieved “Full Success” by meeting all three of the following success criteria:1. Reliable Communication: Establishing reliable communication between the GITAI satellite and the Mission Control Center at GITAI’s Torrance, California office.2. System Functionality: Confirming the proper functionality of all onboard sensors, actuators, and computers, including attitude control via reaction wheels and orbital maneuvers using propulsion systems.3. Data Acquisition: Successfully capturing and transmitting image and video data from the satellite.
