Slingshot Aerospace is a space technology company that provides AI-powered solutions for satellite tracking, space traffic coordination, and space modeling and simulation. As a space situational awareness and space traffic management service provider, Slingshot's platform combines data from various sources to create a holistic view of the space domain. Its key products include Slingshot Beacon, Slingshot Laboratory, and Digital Space Twin, with major partners and customers including the U.S. Space Force, NOAA, and commercial space operators. Associated keywords include space safety, space sustainability, space security, and space domain awareness.
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Slingshot will deploy 13 new optical sensor systems across five global sites under the contract's terms.
The Slingshot Aerospace contract aims to expand the UK's satellite tracking capabilities.
Slingshot Aerospace previously won a $25.2 million contract from the US Space Force to build a digital twin of the space domain.
Slingshot Aerospace opened its UK-based entity in March 2024.
The UK Space Agency awarded Slingshot Aerospace Ltd. a contract to enhance the nation's capability to track objects in orbit.
Slingshot Aerospace Ltd. uses AI for space traffic management, modeling, and simulation.
Kelli Furrer, Slingshot Aerospace’s chief revenue officer and chief marketing officer, emphasized the importance of precise visibility in orbit due to increasing satellite density.
Slingshot Aerospace also secured a $5.3 million NOAA contract to assist in building the forward-facing part of the Traffic Coordination System for Space.
Slingshot Aerospace will build 13 optical sensor systems at five sites around the globe as part of the UK Space Agency contract.
Slingshot Aerospace's offices in Cornwall and London were opened to build connections with the UK space sector.
Audrey Schaffer, SVP of global policy and government strategy at Slingshot Aerospace, reported a dramatic increase in the average number of close approaches per satellite.
The Office of Space Commerce awarded a contract to Slingshot Aerospace last November to develop the TraCSS presentation layer and a losing bidder filed a protest that halted work until the Government Accountability Office rejected the protest in March.
NOAA awarded a contract to Slingshot Aerospace last November to develop the TraCSS presentation layer, and a protest of that award halted work until the Government Accountability Office rejected the protest in March.
Slingshot Aerospace believes the breakup of DMSP-5D2 F14 took place before 8:15 p.m. Eastern on 2024-12-18 based on tracking from its optical ground stations.
The Office of Space Commerce selected Slingshot Aerospace earlier in the year to provide space situational awareness and satellite tracking data as part of a limited-term pathfinder project focused on low Earth orbit satellite tracking.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce awarded Slingshot Aerospace a $13,300,000 contract to build the TraCSS user interface.
The contract to Slingshot Aerospace has a 12-month base period and includes options for four additional years with a potential total value of $13,300,000.
Slingshot Aerospace was awarded a $5,300,000 contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of Space Commerce on 2024-11-26 to design the user experience for a next-generation space traffic coordination platform.
ExoAnalytic Solutions, Slingshot Aerospace, and COMSPOC won agreements to provide space situational awareness data services in low Earth orbit and geostationary Earth orbit.
GENSS builds on the foundations created by Spectra Group’s SlingShot radio system.