Skykraft is an Australian space services company specializing in the design, manufacture, and operation of satellite constellations for global services. Their primary focus is on developing a constellation of over 200 satellites in low Earth orbit to provide space-based Air Traffic Management (ATM) services, offering real-time communication and surveillance for air traffic control, especially over remote areas. Skykraft partners with organizations like Airways New Zealand and is working on projects with the Indian Institute of Science and RMIT University. Keywords associated with Skykraft are: satellite constellation, air traffic management, space-based communication, and Australian space industry.
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Skykraft is developing and deploying a space-based Air Traffic Management (ATM) service.
A further 12 satellites will be manufactured at the Skykraft facility in the second half of 2022.
Skykraft opened a manufacturing facility at the UNSW Canberra City campus in Canberra.
Enrico Palermo, Head of the Australian Space Agency, officially opened the Skykraft manufacturing facility.
The Skykraft manufacturing facility will have produced five satellites by 2022-06-30.
The Skykraft Canberra manufacturing facility will produce the 200+ satellites that will form the constellation providing Skykraft’s ATM services.
Skykraft plans to have its operating satellite constellation launched during 2023.
The capital raised will be used to design, build, and launch Skykraft’s Block II validation satellites, a nine-smallsat constellation scheduled to launch in June 2022 on SpaceX.
Skykraft signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Airservices Australia in December 2020 to explore and demonstrate space-based surveillance and communication technologies for the aviation ecosystem.
Skykraft's Australian-developed smallsats are designed to replace ground-based infrastructure for Air Traffic Management with space-based surveillance and communication services.
Skykraft closed a funding round of AUD$3,500,000 with participation from investors including Allan Moss and Adcock Private Equity.
Skykraft completed ground testing and validation of its Block I smallsat, Majura, in June 2021.
Skykraft’s Space-based Air Traffic Management constellation will provide global surveillance and communication for all air traffic to improve the safety and efficiency of global air travel.
Skykraft and SpaceX have agreed to a follow-on to the Transporter-5 launch for Skykraft’s Air Traffic Management constellation.
The second tranche of Skykraft Air Traffic Management satellites will fly on SpaceX’s Transporter-6 launch in October of 2022 under a signed contract.
Skykraft plans a full constellation of more than 200 Air Traffic Management satellites in 2023.
Skykraft will launch a single satellite on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from the USA in June 2022.
Skykraft’s smallsat technologies offer truly sovereign and sustainable capability to Defence programs including Space Domain Awareness (JP 9360), Satellite Communications (JP 9102), and Geospatial Intelligence (Def 799).
Skykraft designed and built the satellite in Canberra, Australia.
Momentus sealed an agreement to launch Skykraft’s satellite in 2021.