Xona Space Systems is a space technology company and navigation solution provider pioneering a next-generation satellite navigation system. They are developing the PULSAR™ service, a LEO constellation of small satellites designed to deliver precise and secure positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) services as an alternative to traditional GNSS like GPS. Xona's technology aims to improve accuracy, reliability, and security for autonomous systems and critical infrastructure, collaborating with partners like Trimble, US Space Force, and Safran. Associated keywords include: LEO PNT, satellite navigation, precision positioning, GNSS, and autonomous systems.
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Xona Space Systems’ Pulsar is a LEO-based positioning, navigation, and timing service.
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Xona Space Systems identified off-road industrial machinery, including construction equipment and agricultural vehicles, as a near-term priority market for their collaboration.
Murata invested in Xona Space Systems through WONDERSTONE Ventures, its corporate venture capital arm, before the memorandum of understanding was signed.
Xona Space Systems says Pulsar targets centimeter-level positioning accuracy and is compatible with existing GNSS receivers.
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Xona Space Systems, Inc. signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop products and solutions that combine Murata’s component capabilities with Xona’s Pulsar service.
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Xona Space Systems will explore products and solutions optimized for specific industrial applications under their memorandum of understanding.
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. and Xona Space Systems identified data centers and financial institutions as near-term priority markets for their collaboration.
Xona Space Systems raised $170 million in a Series C financing round.
Xona Space Systems is working with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and the National Research Council to distribute Canada's official UTC time standard via its low Earth orbit Pulsar satellite network.
The project involving Xona Space Systems received an $850,000 investment through DRDC.
Xona Space Systems is developing a commercially owned low-Earth-orbit navigation system as an alternative to traditional government GPS.
Xona Space Systems selected Montreal for its first international office in September 2024.
Xona Space Systems graduated from the Creative Destruction Lab space stream in 2021.
Xona Space Systems launched its first production satellite in June 2025.
The Canadian Space Agency contributed $958,582 to Xona Space Systems in September 2024.
The Canadian Space Agency says Xona Space Systems’ satellites fly much closer to Earth than legacy GPS satellites.
The Canadian Space Agency awarded Xona Space Systems a $495,120 SmartEarth grant for research on advanced remote sensing and navigation applications from a commercial PNT satellite constellation.
Xona Space Systems closed a $170 million Series C funding round to scale its commercial Pulsar positioning, navigation, and timing satellite network.
The Canadian Space Agency says Xona Space Systems’ signals are up to 100 times stronger than legacy GPS signals.
Xona Space Systems expects to launch four additional satellites in 2025.