AAC Clyde Space is a space company specializing in small satellite technologies and services. As a manufacturer and service provider, they offer CubeSat components, satellite platforms, and "Space Data as a Service" (SDaaS), delivering data for Earth observation and maritime applications. The company partners with commercial, governmental, and educational organizations, including the UK Space Agency and ESA, with operations in Sweden, the UK, Netherlands, South Africa and the USA. Keywords associated with the company include: CubeSats, satellite components, space data, earth observation, and maritime tracking.
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ÅAC Clyde builds satellites ranging from 1 to 50 kg in size.
AAC Clyde is under contract to build a third and final demo satellite for Kepler named TARS, slated to launch in mid-2019.
AAC Clyde built Kepler’s first two prototype satellites: KIPP, which launched aboard a Chinese Long March 11 in January, and CASE, which is scheduled to launch later 2018 on an unspecified rocket.
ÅAC Microtec purchased Clyde Space earlier 2018 to create a company capable of fulfilling orders such as 50 cubesats priced at $1,000,000 apiece.
ÅAC Microtec purchased Clyde Space in a $35,300,000 cash and stock transaction completed early 2018.
ÅAC Clyde plans to establish a presence in the United States.
British companies Mars Space Ltd. and Clyde Space, in cooperation with Southampton University and supported by the ESA, built a pulsed plasma thruster that occupies a fraction of a single cubesat unit and completed ground tests qualifying it for flight.
Audacy plans to launch a three-unit CubeSat built by Clyde Space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission this fall to test the satellite terminals Audacy designed.