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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HawkEye 360 launched its Cluster 7 satellites aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California during the Transporter-7 mission.
Space Flight Laboratory was selected for the HawkEye 360 constellation mission after the 2018 launch of the HawkEye 360 Pathfinder cluster that demonstrated SFL’s formation-flying technology.
The Cluster 7 launch expands HawkEye 360’s collections of RF signals in support of radar and communications monitoring across land and sea.
HawkEye 360’s Cluster 7 satellites provide extended and improved data collection in the 15–18 GHz frequency range.
Space Flight Laboratory built HawkEye 360 Clusters 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on its 30-kg DEFIANT bus at SFL’s Toronto headquarters.
HawkEye 360’s operations team established communications with the Cluster 7 satellites after deployment.
The Transporter-7 launch of HawkEye 360’s Cluster 7 increased HawkEye 360’s constellation to 21 satellites.
HawkEye 360’s expanded RF signal collection and increased revisit rates provide increased situational awareness into early-warning radars, military activities, maritime domain awareness, radio communications, and indicators of RF interference.
The expanded RF collections and increased revisit rates from HawkEye 360’s constellation provide increased situational awareness for early-warning radars, military activities, maritime domain awareness, radio communications, and indicators of RF interference.
SEOPS provided integration support to HawkEye 360 for the Cluster 7 mission.
SEOPS provided integration support for HawkEye 360 on the Transporter-7 mission.
HawkEye 360 Cluster 7 is based on Space Flight Laboratory’s 30-kg DEFIANT platform and comprises three formation-flying radio frequency geolocating microsatellites.
HawkEye 360, Kleos Space, Spire Global, and Maxar Technologies were selected last year for cooperative agreements that give the NRO access to their business operations and help the agency assess the quality of commercially available data.
The National Reconnaissance Office awarded contract extensions for commercial radio-frequency data to HawkEye 360 and Maxar Technologies.
The NRO awarded the stage 2 contract to HawkEye 360 in February 2023, enabling the company to scale RF data for U.S. government mission needs.
HawkEye 360 is a geospatial analytics company based in Herndon, Virginia that operates satellites which collect radio frequency signal location data.
HawkEye 360 anticipates launching three additional clusters in 2023, with its seventh cluster slated to launch in April 2023.
HawkEye 360 deployed enhanced payloads and an additional ground station to optimize the speed of delivering increased quantity and quality of data to customers globally.
HawkEye 360 operates six strategically placed ground stations to provide more timely delivery of tactically relevant data to customers.
The commissioning of three Cluster 6 satellites expanded HawkEye 360's constellation to 18 satellites.