Orbital Astronautics Ltd (OrbAstro) is a space technology company with locations in the UK, New Zealand, and Germany. They focus on compressing the upfront cost and lead-time to get from business idea to revenue generation, for companies utilising satellites, and builds satellites for commercial and government customers. OrbAstro is developing a subscription-based space traffic management system (STMS) and offers satellite platforms, including the ORB-50, and services such as constellation management and low-latency optical data relay networks. They are involved in missions with partners like AstroForge and utilize launch providers like SpaceX.
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OrbAstro will test a Synthetic Aperture Radar payload utilising a Ka-band transmitter with a high-gain antenna coupled to a 4 GHz bandwidth software-defined radio piloting a semi-active multi-static SAR mission targeting 0.1 m resolution 3D imaging.
OrbAstro has five commercial satellites plus a pilot satellite scheduled to launch in 2022.
OrbAstro will include an onboard AI processing unit specified at 100 billion neurons and 40 trillion synapses for Guardian Network satellite and space traffic management services.
OrbAstro will test an optical transceiver with a two-axis precision-steering mechanism for inter-satellite communications as part of its Guardian Network constellation used for data-relay and autonomous satellite operations.
Aliena signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics to fly its AA Multi-modal, all-electric, AOCS propulsion system onboard an OrbAstro ORB-12 12U-class satellite scheduled for launch in September 2022.
OrbAstro will include a compact optical imaging system providing 1-metre ground resolution on the ORB-12 satellite.
OrbAstro aims to achieve 10-centimeter resolution in Ka-band with its planned multi-static SAR architecture within the next four to five years.
Momentus signed a contract with OrbAstro on 2020-06-04.