CLS is the long-standing operator of the Argos satellite-based data collection and localization system.
Kinéis was created in 2018 and inherited 40 years of expertise from the Argos system founded by CNES and historically operated by CLS.
The Argos-4 instrument was provided by France’s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES).
The Argos-4 instrument aboard GAzelle was provided by France’s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES).
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) launched the GAzelle satellite hosting NOAA’s Argos-4 and RadMon payloads.
EOS-06 carries four payloads: Ocean Color Monitor (OCM-3), Sea Surface Temperature Monitor (SSTM), Ku-Band Scatterometer (SCAT-3), and ARGOS.
EOS-06 carries four payloads: an ocean color monitor (OCM-3), a sea surface temperature monitor (SSTM), a Ku-band scatterometer (SCAT-3), and ARGOS, a French payload.
The launch window for It Argos Up From Here opened at 17:09 UTC on 2022-10-07 with backup opportunities available on following days to accommodate potential weather delays.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command selected General Atomics to host the Argos Advanced Data Collection System payload through its Hosted Payload Services contract vehicle on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at a cost of $64,000,000.
The It Argos Up From Here mission deployed the GAzelle satellite designed and manufactured by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS).
NOAA and France’s National Center for Space Studies (CNES) developed the Argos-4 instrument.
The GAzelle spacecraft hosts the Argos-4 instrument provided by the French space agency CNES.
Electron is scheduled to launch the "It Argos Up From Here" mission from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a launch window that opens 2022-10-05 UTC.
The "It Argos Up From Here" mission will launch a GA-EMS designed and manufactured satellite carrying the A-DCS hosted payload.
The GAzelle satellite carries the Argos-4 instrument provided by France’s National Centre for Space Studies (CNES).
The "It Argos Up From Here" mission is scheduled to launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in Mahia, New Zealand during a launch window that opens on 2022-10-05 UTC.
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems integrated the Argos-4 hosted payload onto its satellite in preparation for a fall 2022 launch.
Kinéis was spun off in 2018 from French maritime and environmental monitoring company CLS (Collecte Localisation Satellites) to upgrade the Argos network with a constellation of nanosatellites in low Earth orbit.
Kinéis’ new constellation will complete the current Argos system with 30 kg-class smallsats that integrate IoT technology and a ship-tracking Automatic Identification System (AIS).
The Argos-4 mission is currently scheduled to launch in early 2022.