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 plans to establish a constellation of 210 satellites to begin offering global observation of aircraft at all altitudes in 2023.
Momentus will deploy a pathfinder for Skykraft’s microsatellite constellation on a Vigoride flight in June 2021.
Momentus plans to send the Skykraft microsatellite into orbit using EOS, a separation ring developed by Mecano ID with funding from the French space agency CNES.
Momentus plans to launch a second Skykraft microsatellite in late 2021 under its launch services agreement with Skykraft.