Lumen Orbit's Lumen-1 cubesat launching on Bandwagon-4 (1019-EX-CN-2024) [Nov 8]QuoteThe Lumen-1 mission is a demonstrator satellite mission in support of Lumen Orbit’s goal of building an in-orbit data center for earth observation satellites and other users. Lumen-1 is Lumen Orbit’s first satellite and will demonstrate a new type of satellite service. Following these demonstrations, Lumen-1 will passively deorbit within 6 months due to its VLEO operational orbit with no debris casualty risk.The Lumen-1 experimental spacecraft will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare and inserted into a 45 +/- 1.1 degree inclination orbit with a perigee and apogee of 515 km +/- 25 km.QuoteLaunch Window Dates: 31st May - 15th October 2025Lumen-1 Launch Configuration: Smallsat measuring 39 x 39 x 60 cmTotal spacecraft mass at launch, including all propellants and fluids: ~49.74 kghttps://twitter.com/LumenOrbit/status/1760641303044391260QuoteVery excited to announce the launch @lumenorbit with founders @johnstonphil, @Ezrafeilden, and @AdiOltean! 😃 We are building a massive cloud compute and relay satellite constellation, with our first launch in May next year! 🛰️🛸🚀EDIT: 1233-EX-CN-2024. [Dec 13]QuoteIridium Satellite LLC (“Iridium”) seeks an experimental license to transmit in the 1618.725-1626.5 MHz band from its space stations to a smallsat to be operated by Lumen Orbit, Inc. (“Lumen”) that will be known as “Lumen-1.” The smallsat will be launched no earlier than May 31, 2025.Iridium requests that its experimental license application be granted for a period of twelve (12) months.
The Lumen-1 mission is a demonstrator satellite mission in support of Lumen Orbit’s goal of building an in-orbit data center for earth observation satellites and other users. Lumen-1 is Lumen Orbit’s first satellite and will demonstrate a new type of satellite service. Following these demonstrations, Lumen-1 will passively deorbit within 6 months due to its VLEO operational orbit with no debris casualty risk.The Lumen-1 experimental spacecraft will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare and inserted into a 45 +/- 1.1 degree inclination orbit with a perigee and apogee of 515 km +/- 25 km.
Launch Window Dates: 31st May - 15th October 2025Lumen-1 Launch Configuration: Smallsat measuring 39 x 39 x 60 cmTotal spacecraft mass at launch, including all propellants and fluids: ~49.74 kg
Very excited to announce the launch @lumenorbit with founders @johnstonphil, @Ezrafeilden, and @AdiOltean! 😃 We are building a massive cloud compute and relay satellite constellation, with our first launch in May next year! 🛰️🛸🚀
Iridium Satellite LLC (“Iridium”) seeks an experimental license to transmit in the 1618.725-1626.5 MHz band from its space stations to a smallsat to be operated by Lumen Orbit, Inc. (“Lumen”) that will be known as “Lumen-1.” The smallsat will be launched no earlier than May 31, 2025.Iridium requests that its experimental license application be granted for a period of twelve (12) months.
Acadia will be launched no earlier than April 1, 2025, on a circular inclined orbit with an altitude between 480 km and 620 km. The launch and operational inclination of the spacecrafts will be between 42 and 46 deg. The spacecraft could operate between a maximum altitude of 620 km and a minimum altitude of 350 km.[...]Acadia is currently planned to be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, no earlier than April 1, 2025.
Capella Space Corp. seeks modification of its license for the non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) satellites Acadia-3 through Acadia-6, to include authority to deploy and operate five additional space stations, to be known as Acadia-7 through Acadia-11, and to extend the license term to December 31, 2032.Capella seeks to operate two satellites at an altitude of 550 km (± 70 km) and inclination of 42-46 degrees in near circular orbit, one satellite at an altitude of 595 km (± 25 km) and inclination of 42-56 degrees in near circular orbit, one satellite at an altitude of 600 km (± 25 km) and inclination of 42-56 degrees in near circular orbit, and one satellite at an altitude of 550 km (± 70 km) and inclination of 95-99 degrees in near circular orbit.
San XavierQuoteLunasonde’s 6U satellite, San Xavier, is our next-stage satellite. San Xavier will fly on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-14 in summer 2025 via launch provider Exolaunch, deploying into sun-synchronous orbit. San Xavier will use our proprietary low frequency (LF) and high frequency (HF) radar technological stack capable of detecting subsurface mineral deposits.
Lunasonde’s 6U satellite, San Xavier, is our next-stage satellite. San Xavier will fly on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-14 in summer 2025 via launch provider Exolaunch, deploying into sun-synchronous orbit. San Xavier will use our proprietary low frequency (LF) and high frequency (HF) radar technological stack capable of detecting subsurface mineral deposits.
During this mission, Lunasonde will demonstrate satellite functionality, image the Earth’s subsurface, and observe the ionosphere.Mass (kg):13Spacecraft Dimensions (m)0.407 x 0.226 x 0.117Launch Date:NET June 2025Launch Vehicle:SpaceX Falcon 9 – Bandwagon-4Apogee/Perigee Altitude (km) 510 ± 20Inclination (deg)45 ± 1.0Orbital Period (sec)5680.5
San Xavier moved from Transporter-14.Quote from: StraumliBlight on 07/04/2024 06:17 pmSan XavierQuoteLunasonde’s 6U satellite, San Xavier, is our next-stage satellite. San Xavier will fly on SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Transporter-14 in summer 2025 via launch provider Exolaunch, deploying into sun-synchronous orbit. San Xavier will use our proprietary low frequency (LF) and high frequency (HF) radar technological stack capable of detecting subsurface mineral deposits.SAT-LOA-20250116-00017 [Jan 16]QuoteDuring this mission, Lunasonde will demonstrate satellite functionality, image the Earth’s subsurface, and observe the ionosphere.Mass (kg):13Spacecraft Dimensions (m)0.407 x 0.226 x 0.117Launch Date:NET June 2025Launch Vehicle:SpaceX Falcon 9 – Bandwagon-4Apogee/Perigee Altitude (km) 510 ± 20Inclination (deg)45 ± 1.0Orbital Period (sec)5680.5
Expected Launch (date) July 2025Expected Lifetime (years) 2.25Expected End of Life (date) ~February 2027
Fresh off the launch of Edison in January, our team is getting ready for the launch of Orbit Guard #2 planned for the end of Q2 2025 as part of SpaceX mid inclination rideshare mission! To reach geostationary orbit, our servicer will be using an innovative solution, being transferred from LEO to GEO in an estimated time of 2 weeks with EPIC AEROSPACE‘s orbit transfer vehicle CHIMERA GEO powered with chemical propulsion. 🌌. Orbit Guard #2 will be ready for its commercial missions in GEO by mid-2025, a step further in the deployment and validation of our in-orbit services key capabilities in far and near range rendezvous in GEO, in preparation for the launch of Orbit Guard #3 and Endurance #1 in 2027!
Orbit Guard is a cost-effective GEO-capable smallsat that can safely provide in-orbit Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Satellite Inspection and defensive capabilities against space weapons and other threats. It is built around our patented OrbSight vision-based navigation system, with an end-to-end NewSpace approach in the supply chain. Orbit Guard enables a plethora of services, but I would like to focus on the three most useful ones: SSA, Satellite Inspection and Space Defense.
Infinite Orbits Linkedin [Feb 3]QuoteFresh off the launch of Edison in January, our team is getting ready for the launch of Orbit Guard #2 planned for the end of Q2 2025 as part of SpaceX mid inclination rideshare mission! To reach geostationary orbit, our servicer will be using an innovative solution, being transferred from LEO to GEO in an estimated time of 2 weeks with EPIC AEROSPACE‘s orbit transfer vehicle CHIMERA GEO powered with chemical propulsion. 🌌. Orbit Guard #2 will be ready for its commercial missions in GEO by mid-2025, a step further in the deployment and validation of our in-orbit services key capabilities in far and near range rendezvous in GEO, in preparation for the launch of Orbit Guard #3 and Endurance #1 in 2027!ORBITGUARD 1 Explained!QuoteOrbit Guard is a cost-effective GEO-capable smallsat that can safely provide in-orbit Space Situational Awareness (SSA), Satellite Inspection and defensive capabilities against space weapons and other threats. It is built around our patented OrbSight vision-based navigation system, with an end-to-end NewSpace approach in the supply chain. Orbit Guard enables a plethora of services, but I would like to focus on the three most useful ones: SSA, Satellite Inspection and Space Defense.
Now I'm really confused, because that sure seems like the thing currently mounted on the IM-2 payload stack
Lumen Orbit's Lumen-1 cubesat launching on Bandwagon-4 (1019-EX-CN-2024) [Nov 8]
Cool to host the @YCombinator who are documenting the story of the first @Starcloud_inc1 satellite! 🚀 It’s gona be a good video! 🤓Our first satellite, launching in June, will have 100x more powerful GPU compute than has ever been operated in space before. And going from zero to first launch in 18 months makes us one of the fastest moving space companies ever! 💪Shout out to Astro Digital for making space 🙏
Johnston said Starcloud’s 132-pound (60-kilogram) demonstrator satellite is destined to be launched into low Earth orbit this summer by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket as part of the Bandwagon 4 rideshare mission.“We will be running 100x more powerful GPU compute than has ever been operated in space, with top-of-the-line, data-center-grade terrestrial NVIDIA GPUs on board,” he said. NVIDIA is providing the chips at a discount through its startup-friendly Inception program.Johnston said the demonstrator satellite will help Starcloud test “training, inference and edge compute workloads for other satellites.”
On October 3, 2024, the Commission granted-in-full the application of The Tomorrow Companies Inc. (”Tomorrow.io”) to deploy and operate eighteen (18) non-geostationary satellite orbit (“NGSO”) Earth Exploration Satellite Service satellites as part of the Tomorrow.io Weather Constellation (Call Sign S3156). Tomorrow.io respectfully requests to modify the authorization as follows: ● Modify the authorized operational altitudes from the current perigee and apogee of “500 - 580 km (+/- 20 km)” down to a perigee and apogee of “350 - 600 km”. ● Modify the authorized orbital location to add the inclination range of 88 degrees (+/- 2.1 degrees) to the currently authorized inclination ranges of 97.7 (+/- 0.4 degrees) and 45 (+/- 1.1 degrees).
According to a 2018 story in the SAR Journal, the South Korean Agency for Defense Development (ADD) awarded a KRW588 billion ($530 million) contract to Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to oversee the development and construction of a series of five surveillance satellites.The contract requires the satellites to be sent into orbit by 2025, which leaves just one more launch following the Monday night launch. The satellites are produced through a partnership between Korean firm Hanwha Systems Corporation (HSC) and Thales Alenia Space, the latter of which is the prime developer.“Our contribution extends to the supply of our high-performance Synthetic Aperture RADAR (SAR) that utilizes an innovative antenna consisting of a large deployable reflector with 24 deployable petals and an active phased array feed array in dual polarization,” Thales Alenia Space wrote following the December 2023 launch of the first Korea 425 Project satellite. “Another significant part of our contribution is the acquisition, storage, and data retransmission system on the ground.“The high agility of the ‘dancing satellite’ is guaranteed by the innovative avionics and Control Momentum Gyroscope, also provided by Thales Alenia Space. These advanced technologies enable high-performance observation and surveillance capabilities, critical to the success of the program.”The fifth and final SAR satellite may launch onboard the Bandwagon-4 mission, though that has not been formally announced.
We have signed the launch agreement for 4 of our picosatellites to launch onboard Bandwagon-4. They will be in orbit on NET June, 2025 — no slips, no delays.Each 0.25U picosatellite is part of our mission to build cost-effective space infrastructure for IoT applications.Fingers crossed for a smooth countdown. See you in space!
Our 0.25U satellites are sold in minimum bundles of four, configured with a combination of the three different payload options. The IoT Configuration is offered with four different ISM frequency options, selectable by the customer.Each unit is sold in a minimum bundle of four satellites, with launch included, at a competitive price of €200,000.[...]Mass: 400 g
We have successfully completed our final random vibration test campaign as part of the launch acceptance requirements for SpaceX Falcon 9.This critical milestone validated the structural integrity of our satellite, meeting all test scenarios and mission requirements.
San Xavier moved from Transporter-14.SAT-LOA-20250116-00017 [Jan 16]
