HawkEye 360 Inc of Herndon, VA announced on September 18 it has awarded the manufacturing contract for its next generation of satellites. Enabled by the company’s $70 million Series B financing in August, this contract will substantially boost on-orbit capacity to serve the company’s rapidly growing customer base. The contract will expand the constellation to 18 satellites, achieving routine revisits of less than an hour for increased global persistence.
“After proving the value and
accuracy of our first satellites and securing the Series B investment, we are
now quickly scaling our business to support customer demand,” said John
Serafini, CEO of HawkEye 360. “These next-generation satellites will
improve our capabilities and expand our constellation for faster revisit rates,
which translates into better insights for a safer world across maritime, air,
and land domains.”
UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory
(SFL) will manufacture the bus and integrate the new RF payload developed by
HawkEye 360. The satellites will geolocate more signals across a wider
frequency range with improved accuracy and reduced data latency for more timely
delivery to customers.
“We selected SFL for both its expertise and flight heritage,” said Chris DeMay, founder and CTO, HawkEye 360. “Their innovative work designing our current satellites met all technical objectives, including reliably conducting formation flying maneuvers. Now, SFL will help us bring this next stage of the constellation to completion.”
Source: HawkEye 360
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