HawkEye 360 is a commercial signals intelligence company that operates a constellation of small satellites in low Earth orbit to detect, characterize, and geolocate radio frequency (RF) signals. \[3, 11] The company's services include spectrum mapping and monitoring, maritime domain awareness, and other data analytics for government and commercial clients in the maritime, telecommunications, and security sectors. \[1, 3, 8] HawkEye 360 partners with organizations like General Atomics, Lockheed Martin, and BlackRock to enhance its data capabilities and expand its market reach. \[5, 9, 12] The company's RF data and analytics are used for various applications, including monitoring wireless usage, detecting interference, and expediting search and rescue operations. \[3, 7, 11]
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Cluster 7 extends and improves HawkEye 360’s data collection in the 30 MHz to 18 GHz frequency range.
HawkEye 360 provides situational awareness derived from RF signal geolocations for activities including early-warning radar activity, military activities, illegal fishing, illegal mining, and indicators of GPS interference.
Cluster 7 extends and improves HawkEye 360's RF data collection capability across the 30 MHz–18 GHz frequency range.
HawkEye 360 anticipates launching two additional satellite clusters in 2023-10-01.
HawkEye 360 equipped Cluster 7 with a 300 MHz whip antenna that provides improved coverage in the 270 MHz–330 MHz frequency range.
HawkEye 360’s Cluster 7 satellites launched into orbit on 2023-04-15.
The launch of LEO 3 for Telesat and SFL follows the successful deployment of three satellites built by SFL for HawkEye 360 that launched on the first Electron mission of 2023 in January 2023.
The launch of LEO 3 for Telesat and Space Flight Laboratory follows the successful deployment of three satellites built by Space Flight Laboratory for HawkEye 360 on an Electron mission in January 2023.
HawkEye 360 is a radio frequency data analytics company that launched three satellites built by Space Flight Laboratory on an Electron mission in January 2023.
The six satellites for Clusters 12 and 13 are being built at HawkEye 360’s facility in Virginia under Space Flight Laboratory’s Flex Production program.
HawkEye 360 selected Space Flight Laboratory for its missions because robust and accurate formation flying by multiple satellites is important for successful RF geolocation.
In April 2023, HawkEye 360 launched and deployed Cluster 7, the first three satellites integrated in-house by HawkEye 360 under the production plan created by Space Flight Laboratory.
Clusters 12 and 13 comprise six satellites built on Space Flight Laboratory’s 30 kg DEFIANT platform at HawkEye 360’s facility in Virginia under SFL’s Flex Production program.
HawkEye 360 selected Space Flight Laboratory for these missions because of SFL’s robust and accurate multi-satellite formation flying capabilities required for RF geolocation.
Cluster 7 launched and deployed in April 2023 as the first three satellites integrated in-house by HawkEye 360 as part of the production plan created by Space Flight Laboratory.
HawkEye 360 provides space-based radio frequency (RF) data and analytics.
The 2023-01-24 Rocket Lab Launch Complex 2 mission deployed three satellites for radio frequency geospatial analytics provider HawkEye 360.
Rocket Lab launched three successful Electron missions in the first quarter of fiscal 2023 for commercial constellation operators HawkEye 360, Capella Space, and BlackSky.
HawkEye 360 is expanding its RF-sensing satellite constellation to provide near real-time insights to the U.S. Government and international partners on illegal and illicit activities.
HawkEye 360 Cluster 7 is based on SFL’s 30-kg DEFIANT platform and is comprised of three formation-flying radio frequency geolocating microsatellites.