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FREEDOM

retired
Technology DemonstrationLEOCOSPAR 1998-067KSLaunched 12/9/2016
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
HTV-6
Launch Vehicle
H-IIB
Launch Date
12/9/2016
Last Contact
2/5/2017
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
LEO
Altitude
400 km
Inclination
51.64 deg
Dry Mass
1 kg
Total Mass
1 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Technology Demonstration
Payload Category
TECH
Payload Class
A
Organizations
Operator
Tohoku University
Manufacturer
Nakashimada Engineering Works Ltd.
Registry
COSPAR ID
1998-067KS
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/862
Track
Mentions
173
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TomTom provides access to TomTom IndiGO’s source code, giving automotive customers freedom to modify and extend the modular software platform.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 3.4Dec 1, 2021Introducing TomTom IndiGO: The world’s first open digital cockpit software platform for carmakers
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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) was awarded an expanded scope of work contract to further enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) with the development of a SATCOM-enabled Freedom Radio.

RelationshipsCapabilityPlanValue 4.0Nov 18, 2021Northrop Grumman’s SATCOM-Enabled Freedom Radio Advancing JADC2 Connectivity Layer

Northrop Grumman’s Freedom Radios provide open-architecture, platform-agnostic, cyber-secure solutions to support integrated communications and networking mission functions across domains.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5Nov 18, 2021Northrop Grumman’s SATCOM-Enabled Freedom Radio Advancing JADC2 Connectivity Layer

ATLAS Space Operations will support ELSA-d from ground stations in Miami and Brewster, Washington powered by its Freedom™ Platform.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Jun 30, 2021ELSA-d: Leading the Way with Innovative Ground Station Solutions

ATLAS Space Operations operates secure space communications supported by its cloud-based Freedom™ platform.

CapabilityValue 3.2May 12, 2021ATLAS Space Operations Expands Their Ground Stations With Five New Venues

ATLAS Space Operations’ Freedom™ Platform provides schedule-to-schedule availability and serves as a single access point to multiple ground networks.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.5May 12, 2021ATLAS Space Operations Expands Their Ground Stations With Five New Venues

ATLAS Space Operations will support Astroscale, LinaSpace, and Axelspace in their space-based missions using the Freedom Platform.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 25, 2021ATLAS Expands Scope + Impact With The Latest Launch

A Soyuz-2.1a rocket launched from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome and ATLAS Space Operations grew to support three new missions with the firm’s Freedom™ Platform.

GrowthCapabilityValue 4.0Mar 25, 2021ATLAS Expands Scope + Impact With The Latest Launch

Atlas Space Operations will support AWS Ground Station within its Atlas Freedom Network, providing customers access to AWS services through Atlas’ cloud-based ground station network.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Aug 11, 2019Fundamental changes ahead as ground systems prepare for constellations, 5G

Atlas Space Operations began operating Freedom, a cloud-based ground station network, in January 2016.

CapabilityValue 4.2Apr 10, 2019Atlas Space Operations wins Air Force antenna contract

Atlas Space Operations began operating the Freedom network in January 2016.

PlanValue 3.0Dec 3, 2018Atlas Space Operations wins first defense customer

The Atlas Freedom Network was scheduled to expand to 30 nodes by the end of 2019 and to more than 60 nodes by the end of 2020, including optical data links.

PlanGrowthCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 3, 2018Atlas Space Operations wins first defense customer

The Atlas Freedom Network includes 15 UHF, S-band, and X-band ground stations.

CapabilityValue 4.0Dec 3, 2018Atlas Space Operations wins first defense customer