- June 29, 2022
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Kleos Polar Vigilance Mission Satellites dispatched to Cape Canaveral for Launch
Kleos Space S.A., a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-aservice (DaaS) company confirms the successful dispatch of its cluster of four Polar Vigilance Mission satellites (KSF1) from Delft in the Netherlands to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Under a rideshare contract with Spaceflight Inc., the
satellites will lift-off aboard the Spaceflight SXRS-5 / SpaceX Transporter-2
mission no earlier than June 2021. The satellites have been built by small
satellite specialist Innovative Solutions In Space B.V (ISISPACE).
The Polar Vigilance Mission will provide global data that
will will increase Kleos overall coverage density in the equatorial region and
also cover areas North and South of the Kleos Scouting Mission satellites which
successfully launched on in November into a 37 degree inclined orbit.
Kleos uses clusters of four satellites to collect radio
transmissions over key areas of interest around the globe and after processing
a geospatial data product is delivered to analytics and intelligence entities
for government and commercial use - efficiently uncovering data points of human
activity on land and sea.
The Kleos clusters enable up to six antenna pairs to be used
in proprietary multilateration algorithms – aiding data accuracy.
Kleos CEO Andy Bowyer said, “ISISPACE have done an
incredible job delivering four satellites in a very short time period to our
exacting standards, we look forward to them entering service in our growing
constellation – more satellites, means more data for our customers increasing
their insight into human activity in key areas of interest.”
Press released by Kleos Space S.A.