Tracker Capital Management, founded in 2017, is a New York-based venture capital firm that invests in emerging technologies across various sectors, including the space industry. As a stage-agnostic investor, they provide capital and strategic guidance to companies with high-growth potential. Recent space-related investments include Revolution Space and Accion Systems, a manufacturer of satellite propulsion systems. Tracker Capital's investments often focus on technologies that enhance U.S. national security.
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Viasat received a five-year, $153,000,000 contract at full value potential from the Defense Information Services Agency to provide network services and support for the U.S. Army Project Manager Mission Command Blue Force Tracker program.
The µSTAR-250 Star Tracker is American-sourced and manufactured in San Diego, California and is fully compliant with National Defense Authorization Act 2021 domestic sourcing specifications.
The µSTAR-250 Star Tracker’s space-flight-proven software and algorithms utilize the Pyramid Code for star identification and deliver real-time quaternion output.
The µSTAR-250 Star Tracker’s reliability and radiation tolerance make it suitable for long-duration missions in LEO, MEO, GEO, and cislunar orbits.
The µSTAR-250 Star Tracker provides precise situational awareness in space, including satellite attitude and rate determination.
Hawk Platform 6U from Argotec is equipped with sun sensors, a star tracker, accelerometers, a 3-axis stabilized attitude control system, and telemetry transmitter data rates of up to 100 Mbps in LEO.
One spacecraft tracker provided an update on 2023-12-22 indicating a minor timing issue led trackers to mistake signals from a group of Chinese Yaogan reconnaissance satellites as being emitted by a piece of debris associated with the spaceplane.
The CubeStar Gen 1 star tracker from CubeSpace Satellite Systems has an accuracy of 0.02°, a data update rate of 1 Hz, requires a 3 V supply, and consumes 0.142 W.
The KU Leuven star tracker from CubeSat Pointing has a baffle sun rejection angle of 40 degrees, a lost-in-space availability of greater than 99% of the night sky, requires 3.3 V interface supply, consumes nominally less than 1 W, and measures 95 x 50 x 0.045 m.
Cobham SATCOM has a multi-year contract with a leading U.S. prime contractor for Cobham Satcom 2.4 m TRACKER antennas with a minimum value in excess of $10,000,000 and annual renewal options for additional units.
Arcsec is working with Portuguese space traffic management venture Neuraspace on a debris-spotting star tracker expected to be demonstrated in space by 2025.
Arcsec received a 1,300,000 EUR grant from the European Innovation Council to support its star tracker upgrades.
Under the contract, Agile Defense will manage, operate, and maintain critical networks such as Blue Force Tracker (BFT) in support of Program Executive Office Command Control Communication-Tactical (PEO-C3T) and its subordinate organizations.
Satellite tracker and astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell identified two satellites deployed from the SilentBarker mission on 2023-09-11.
Redwire’s SpectraTRAC star tracker and SpectraCam camera will enable relative navigation, object detection, and imaging for Jackal AOVs.
Redwire’s next-generation SpectraTRAC star tracker is a low-cost, high-performance star tracker that supports civil, commercial, and defense missions with navigation capability.
Sidus Space and Lulav Space will develop and demonstrate an Event Based Star Tracker for application to Low Earth Orbit vehicles and will perform engineering testing on orbit.
The Event Based Star Tracker developed by Sidus Space and Lulav Space is intended to improve operations of orbiting spacecraft and rocket launch systems compared to current state-of-the-art star trackers.
Sidus Space and Lulav Space will develop and demonstrate an Event‑Based Star Tracker for application to LEO vehicles and will engineer and test the device on orbit.
Anthesis convened a working group of 15 UK local authorities to design the Anthesis Impact Tracker digital solution.