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UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)

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The UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), established in 1998 at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), is a premier microspace organization that builds low-cost microsatellites and nanosatellites. SFL focuses on developing novel technologies for small spacecraft and offers complete end-to-end mission capabilities, including launch arrangements via its Nanosatellite Launch Service (NLS) and a mission control center. They collaborate with business, government, and academic institutions and train the next generation of aerospace engineers.

academicFounded 1998
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
www.utias-sfl.net
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Space Flight Laboratory shipped the Telesat LEO 3 spacecraft from its Toronto integration facility to New Zealand.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 22, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) completes the Telesat LEO 3 smallsat build

Space Flight Laboratory selected Rocket Lab to launch Telesat’s LEO 3 demonstration satellite to provide continuity for customer and ecosystem vendor testing campaigns following the decommissioning of Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.2Jun 22, 2023Rocket Lab to Launch Multiple Satellites as Part of Upcoming Recovery Mission

Telesat, which is based in Ottawa, Ontario, selected SFL to build the LEO 3 microsatellite on an aggressive schedule.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jun 22, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) completes the Telesat LEO 3 smallsat build

The Space Flight Laboratory has integrated the communications payload with the LEO 3 bus and successfully completed vibration and electromagnetic compatibility testing of the spacecraft.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 1, 2023Telesat Awards Contract to Space Flight Laboratory for the Manufacture of LEO 3 Demonstration Satellite

Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of Toronto built and manifested the LEO 3 satellite to Electron as the mission management provider and satellite developer.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.5Jun 1, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch LEO 3 Broadband Satellite for Telesat

SFL selected Rocket Lab to deliver the LEO 3 satellite to space on an accelerated timeline within four months of contract signing to meet Telesat’s program requirements.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.6Jun 1, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch LEO 3 Broadband Satellite for Telesat

The Space Flight Laboratory is developing LEO 3 on its DEFIANT microsatellite platform.

PlanCapabilityValue 3.5Jun 1, 2023Telesat Awards Contract to Space Flight Laboratory for the Manufacture of LEO 3 Demonstration Satellite

Space Flight Laboratory integrated the communications payload with the LEO 3 bus and successfully completed vibration and electromagnetic compatibility testing of the spacecraft.

CapabilityValue 4.0May 31, 2023Telesat selects Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to manufacture LEO 3 demo satellite

Space Flight Laboratory selected Rocket Lab to deliver the LEO 3 satellite to space on an accelerated timeline within four months of contract signing.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.2May 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

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.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0May 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) contracted Space Flight Laboratory to manufacture a low-Earth orbit demonstration satellite for the company.

RelationshipsValue 4.3May 31, 2023Telesat selects Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to manufacture LEO 3 demo satellite

Space Flight Laboratory is developing LEO 3 on its DEFIANT smallsat platform.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 31, 2023Telesat selects Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to manufacture LEO 3 demo satellite

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.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0May 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

Space Flight Laboratory is serving as the mission management provider and satellite developer for LEO 3.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 3.5May 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

The LEO 3 satellite was built and manifested to Electron by Space Flight Laboratory of Toronto.

RelationshipsValue 4.0May 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

LEO 2, built by Space Flight Laboratory in partnership with Space Systems/Loral (now owned by Maxar Technologies), was one of 19 satellites lost in a 2017 Russian Soyuz launch failure.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0May 30, 2023Telesat orders prototype satellite to continue LEO broadband tests

Space Flight Laboratory integrated a communications payload for the 30-kilogram LEO 3 satellite and completed vibration and electromagnetic compatibility tests.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.2May 30, 2023Telesat orders prototype satellite to continue LEO broadband tests

Telesat ordered a microsatellite called LEO 3 from Space Flight Laboratory, which is part of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies.

RelationshipsValue 4.0May 30, 2023Telesat orders prototype satellite to continue LEO broadband tests

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.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0May 19, 2023HawkEye 360 Begins Manufacturing of Satellite Clusters

Space Flight Laboratory develops and implements high-performance attitude and formation control systems for nanosatellites and microsatellites.

CapabilityValue 3.0May 19, 2023HawkEye 360 Begins Manufacturing of Satellite Clusters
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