Almagest Space Corporation, founded in 2022, is a US-based company focused on developing secure data relay systems for government and commercial use. Almagest is building a high-capacity, ultra-high throughput satellite data relay network utilizing E-band radio frequency and Free Space Optical communications. Their services include terrestrial data transfer, space data download, and space cloud transport, aiming to establish a "space backbone" for secure data transfer. Almagest launched the ELEVATION-1 satellite to test E-band communications and plans to deploy a global LEO constellation, starting with the TWINSTAR Mission in 2026-2027.
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The Elevation mission will provide Almagest Space Corporation with data for its planned satellite network for ultra-high-throughput data delivery services.
Almagest Space Corporation will begin network deployment and provide limited commercial service with its two-satellite TwinStar mission planned for 2025–2026.
Antaris is partnering with US-based Almagest Space Corporation and India's XDLINX Labs to deliver the software for XDLINX's XDSAT-NS satellite.
Almagest Space Corporation's Elevation E-band technology demonstration mission is planned for later in 2024.
XDSAT-NS will support Almagest Space Corporation's Elevation E-band technology demonstration mission in low Earth orbit planned for mid-late 2024.
XDLINX Labs secured a contract with US-based Almagest Space Corporation to build, launch, and operate the XDSAT-NS satellite.