SpaceQuest, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of AAC Clyde Space since 2020, is a spacecraft component and engineering company specializing in small satellite operations. Based in Fairfax, Virginia, they design, develop, construct, launch, and operate microsatellites and spacecraft components, including their own satellite constellation for data services. SpaceQuest's customers include NASA, the U.S. Air Force, the Canadian Space Agency, and commercial companies like LeoStella and Northrop Grumman.
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AAC SpaceQuest has delivered over 630 nanoSSOC units and has on-orbit flight heritage dating back to 2009.
Khaled Abou Zahr is the CEO of SpaceQuest Ventures.
SpaceQuest Ventures has invested in Kreios Space.
Kreios Space will receive support and mentorship from SpaceQuest Ventures’ bespoke accelerator program.
The investment from SpaceQuest Ventures will allow Kreios Space to accelerate the development of its ABEP technology.
SpaceQuest Ventures is positioned to help Kreios Space bring its electric propulsion system to market faster.
AAC SpaceQuest plans to expand its SDaaS constellation with a further two satellites in the fourth quarter of 2023.
The contract includes an initial deployment of two Sedna satellites based on SpaceQuest’s newest generation of maritime satellite design.
D-Orbit signed a launch contract with AAC SpaceQuest for the launch and deployment of four S-AIS satellites.
SpaceQuest, AAC Clyde Space’s US subsidiary, received an order worth $550,000 (approx. SEK 4.6 million) for global navigation satellite systems receivers and antennas.
The GNSS receivers and antennas ordered from SpaceQuest are scheduled for delivery to a customer in Asia over 3.5 years starting in 2021.
AAC Clyde Space reached an agreement on 2020-10-15 to acquire 100% of the shares in SpaceQuest Ltd in an all-shares deal subject to CFIUS approval.
AAC Clyde Space plans to acquire SpaceQuest for $8,400,000 pending shareholder approval and approval from the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States.
SpaceQuest was founded in 1994 and designs, manufactures, and tests small satellites and satellite components.
Myriota has been using a payload on Brio, a smallsat built by SpaceQuest, to test signal processing, firmware upgradability, and other capabilities ahead of launching its first satellites.
SpaceQuest expects Audacy’s network to provide continuous connectivity to its low Earth orbit satellites, enabling identification and resolution of issues when satellites are not within range of ground stations and reducing costs and delays associated with obtaining regulatory approvals to get satellites into orbit.