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 Earth & Space Inc. and SES have signed an agreement to collaborate on nexgen commercial Space Situational Awareness services.
NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. and SES signed an agreement in Luxembourg on 26 June 2023 to collaborate on the implementation of next-generation commercial Space Situational Awareness services.
On 22 June 2023 in Luxembourg, NorthStar Earth & Space Inc. and SES signed an agreement to collaborate on the implementation of next-generation commercial Space Situational Awareness services.
Rocket Lab USA signed a dedicated launch deal with Spire Global to deliver four Space Situational Awareness satellites to low Earth orbit for NorthStar Earth & Space.
Spire Space Services developed a Space-as-a-Service model intended to reduce the cost, complexity, and risk of deploying space-based solutions for customers like NorthStar.
NorthStar’s block of four satellites, built and operated by Spire Global, will be the first to simultaneously monitor all near-Earth orbits from space.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. has signed a dedicated launch agreement with Spire Global to deliver four Space Situational Awareness satellites to low Earth orbit for NorthStar Earth & Space Inc.
Rocket Lab USA, Inc. signed a dedicated launch deal with Spire Global to deliver four Space Situational Awareness satellites to low Earth orbit for NorthStar Earth & Space Inc.
Rocket Lab is slated to deploy NorthStar’s initial batch of satellites from its launch site in New Zealand.
NorthStar’s block of four satellites, built and operated by Spire, will simultaneously monitor all near-Earth orbits from space.
Rocket Lab is contracted to launch NorthStar’s first four satellites this fall on an Electron rocket.
NorthStar’s block of four satellites is built and operated by Spire Global.
Spire’s Space Services model includes a next-generation 16U satellite bus used to deploy NorthStar’s satellites.
Rocket Lab and Spire committed to deliver NorthStar’s satellites to space on an accelerated timeline.
NorthStar had planned to launch three satellites in its initial batch with Virgin Orbit before Virgin Orbit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April.
NorthStar Earth and Space raised $35,000,000 in a Series C funding round led by private equity firm Cartesian Capital for its proposed constellation.
The first three NorthStar satellites were built by Spire Global and were slated to launch in mid-2023 on Virgin Orbit.
NorthStar recently raised $35,000,000 to deploy a planned constellation of 24 satellites for tracking space objects.
NorthStar’s planned 24-satellite constellation is intended to track objects as small as one centimeter in low Earth orbit, about seven centimeters in medium Earth orbit, and roughly 40–0.5 m in geostationary orbit.
NorthStar is assessing SSA data from Axelspace while working with clients as the company builds out services ahead of launching its first satellites.