Xplore Inc., founded in 2018, is a dual-use space company and "Space as a Service" provider, offering hosted payloads, communication relay services, and exclusive datasets via its multi-mission spacecraft. Xplore operates a constellation of low Earth orbit satellites equipped with sensors to deliver remote sensing data products, including hyperspectral data for Earth observation, space domain awareness, maritime domain awareness, and astronomy. The company partners with organizations like Accion Systems and UP42, serving national space agencies, national security agencies, commercial companies and universities. Key keywords include: space-based services, satellite operations, data analytics, Earth observation, and space exploration.
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Xplore will use OrbAstro’s satellite buses for a variety of innovative missions beginning with the ORB-6 platform.
Xplore Inc. signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. (OrbAstro) to use OrbAstro satellite buses.
Xplore’s first satellite utilizes OrbAstro’s ORB-6 platform for Earth observation and astronomy missions.
Xplore selected OrbAstro’s ORB-6 bus because it meets the requirement to fly multiple instruments on a single mission.
OrbAstro worked closely with Xplore to create an affordable solution for highly demanding mission parameters.
Xplore is preparing to launch a suite of sensors on an OrbAstro nanosatellite later in 2022.
Xplore announced a contract on 2022-01-25 to purchase nanosatellites from Orbital Astronautics Ltd.
Xplore Inc. signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. to use OrbAstro’s satellite buses for a variety of missions.
Xplore is accelerating hardware development of the Xcraft satellite data collection platform at a 22,000-square-foot satellite manufacturing facility in Redmond, Washington.
Xplore selected OrbAstro’s ORB-6 platform for its first flight, which is scheduled for late 2022.
Xplore’s standard Xcraft is a high-performance, high-reliability ESPA-class platform that provides hosting and other services for a wide variety of customers and payloads.
Xplore Inc. received a $2,000,000 contract from National Security Innovation Capital within the Defense Innovation Unit of the Department of Defense.
Xplore’s XLEO hosting service allows customers to avoid procuring, launching, and operating dedicated satellites.
Xplore offers hosting opportunities for payload customers on its XLEO missions.
The Xcraft platform will form the basis for a family of Xplore Space Telescopes with missions planned in Low Earth Orbit and the cislunar region.
Xplore’s PNT system is enabled by and will deploy on the Xcraft®, a multi-mission, ESPA-class space vehicle capable of supporting missions across cislunar space and operating from Venus to Ceres.
Xplore Inc. has a follow-on contract with the U.S. Air Force to continue developing its positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) solution as a commercial service for cislunar space.
Lisa Rich, Xplore Founder and Chief Operating Officer, supports development of a cislunar architecture intended to provide communication, data distribution, and transportation beyond Earth orbit and to align with initiatives of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate and the evolving goals of the U.S. Space Force.
Dr. Darren Garber, Xplore Founder and Chief Technology Officer, developed the cislunar PNT solution and is leading the Phase II effort.
Xplore’s current Phase II effort culminates in a hardware-in-the-loop testbed designed to demonstrate required performance for precision cislunar missions and to lay the foundation for a subsequent on-orbit test of the PNT system.