NorthStar Earth & Space is a commercial company focused on space-based Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services. They are building a constellation of satellites, called SKYLARK network, to monitor objects in near-Earth orbits and provide services like space object tracking, collision prediction, and navigation assistance. NorthStar partners with organizations like Telespazio, SES, Spire Global, and ExoAnalytic Solutions, and receives funding from Telesystem Space, Luxembourg Future Fund, and the Canadian government. The company aims to deliver precise and timely information for Space Domain Awareness and Space Traffic Management applications.
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NorthStar’s planned satellite constellation would complement existing space situational awareness systems such as the Space Fence radar operated by the U.S. Space Force on Kwajalein Atoll.
NorthStar Earth and Space will launch its first satellites in mid-2023 with Virgin Orbit.
NorthStar will launch the first commercial Space Situational Awareness service in 2023 to deliver higher precision detection, tracking, and coverage for all near-Earth orbital regimes.
NorthStar Earth & Space and Astroscale formed a strategic partnership at the International Astronautical Congress 2022 to further support space sustainability.
NorthStar will launch the first commercial Space Situational Awareness service in 2023 to deliver higher precision detection, tracking, and coverage for all near-Earth orbital regimes.
NorthStar Earth & Space and Astroscale formed a strategic partnership at the 2022 International Astronautical Congress in Paris on 2022-09-20 to support space sustainability by combining NorthStar’s space-based resident space object tracking with Astroscale’s spacecraft navigation and capture capability for on-orbit servicing.
NorthStar’s planned network will be able to track objects down to 0.4 m in geostationary orbit.
NorthStar previously ordered three larger SSA satellites from Thales Alenia Space but canceled that agreement in favor of using Spire to accelerate its constellation plans.
NorthStar has raised more than $90,000,000 for its planned constellation.
NorthStar plans to deploy its first space situational awareness payloads in low Earth orbit in early 2023 onboard three spacecraft that Spire Global is developing.
Telespazio signed a deal on 2022-09-14 to distribute NorthStar Earth & Space’s planned space domain awareness services.
NorthStar’s constellation provides an "always on" capability that simultaneously monitors near-Earth orbit regimes in LEO, MEO, and GEO to improve awareness and precision tracking of resident space objects.
NorthStar will launch the first commercial space-based system fully dedicated to Space Situational Awareness in 2023.
Telespazio provided investment in NorthStar’s initial funding round as part of the Space Alliance between Leonardo and Thales.
NorthStar delivers space-based collection and derived SSA information services that provide a 3D view of the entire space environment with high data quality and fast revisit.
SES is working with NorthStar to develop data products to support NorthStar’s MEO and GEO satellites.
NorthStar plans 40 follow-on spacecraft with infrared and hyperspectral sensors to monitor Earth in addition to SSA services.
NorthStar Earth & Space has raised more than $90,000,000 to date.
NorthStar plans European headquarters in Luxembourg after a government-backed venture capital fund joined a $45,000,000 investment round.
NorthStar’s planned constellation will track objects down to five centimeters in LEO, 0.1 m in MEO, and 0.4 m in GEO, with HEO minimum sizes varying between 10 and 0.4 m depending on altitude.