Horizon Space Technologies is a global leader in innovative SIGINT (signals intelligence) and space-based Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) intelligence solutions. They are known for their Amber™ constellation of CubeSats, which provide space-based maritime domain awareness data to government and commercial customers by detecting and geolocating RF signals from vessels. The company's key products include the FlyingFish™ and BlackFish™ SIGINT systems, and they partner with organizations like the UK National Maritime Information Centre (NMIC). Keywords associated with Horizon Space Technologies are SIGINT, maritime domain awareness, CubeSats, and RF signal geolocation.
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Horizon Technologies received guidance and support from the UK Space Agency following the 2023-01-09 Virgin Orbit launch failure.
Horizon Technologies was awarded a £1.2 million grant by the UK Space Agency as part of a £2.8 million Amber™ Phoenix Mission program.
Horizon Technologies’ original Amber™ payload was on one of eight smallsats lost in Virgin Orbit’s failed LauncherOne mission on 2023-01-09.
The lost Horizon Technologies Amber™ payload flight was part of the Satellite Applications Catapult IOD-3 Program for which Horizon Technologies was competitively selected in 2019.
Horizon Technologies was awarded a £1.2 million grant by the UK Space Agency at an event at the Army-Navy Club in London on 11 October.
Horizon Technologies’ original Amber payload was on one of eight small satellites lost in the Virgin Orbit failed launch on 9 January 2023 when LauncherOne failed to reach the proper orbit.
The £1.2 million UK Space Agency grant to Horizon Technologies is part of a £2.8 million program called the Amber Phoenix Mission.
The lost Amber payload launch was part of the Satellite Applications Catapult IOD-3 Programme for which Horizon Technologies was competitively selected in 2019.
Horizon Technologies received immediate guidance from the UK Space Agency team following the 2023-01-09 mission failure.
The U.K. government's innovation agency provided a £600,000 grant that supported Horizon Technologies' first-satellite technology development.
Horizon Technologies envisages a constellation of more than 20 Amber payloads in low Earth orbit to provide worldwide RF data with 30-minute latency.
Horizon Technologies ordered two other Amber surveillance satellites from AAC Clyde Space in 2021 that were initially slated to launch in 2022 but suffered production delays.
Amber IOD-3 was a 6U cubesat that was part of a program led by the Satellite Applications Catapult with Horizon Technologies as prime contractor.
Horizon Technologies initially planned to launch Amber IOD-3 aboard a SpaceX Cargo Dragon mission in 2021 for deployment from the International Space Station.
The UK Space Agency awarded Horizon Technologies a £1.2 million grant to help launch the replacement spy satellite in mid-2024.
The Start Me Up manifest included the IOD-3 AMBER satellite developed by Satellite Applications Catapult and Horizon Technologies and built by AAC Clyde Space, intended as the first of more than 20 Amber satellites for maritime domain awareness.
IOD-3 AMBER was developed by Satellite Applications Catapult and Horizon Technologies and built by AAC Clyde Space, all based in the United Kingdom.
IOD-3 Amber is designed for communications missions and carries Horizon Space Technologies’ AMBER Payload dedicated to delivering Maritime Domain Awareness intelligence data.
IOD-3 Amber is a 6U cubesat developed by the Satellite Applications Catapult, Horizon Technologies, and the UK Space Agency and designed and built by AAC Clyde Space.
Horizon Technologies’ first Amber™ cubesat will be launched from Virgin Orbit’s 747 Cosmic Girl as part of the Start Me Up mission.