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Technology DemonstrationLEOCOSPAR 2025-009BBLaunched 1/14/2025

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Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Transporter-12
Launch Vehicle: Falcon 9 FT5
Launch Date: 1/14/2025

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: LEO
Altitude: 512.5 km
Inclination: 97.44 deg
Dry Mass: 10 kg
Total Mass: 10 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type

Technology Demonstration

Payload Category

TECH

Payload Class

B

Organizations

Operator: TRL Space
Manufacturer: Innovative Solutions in Space (ISISPACE)

Registry

COSPAR ID: 2025-009BB

Track

Mentions

24

All verified mentions of this spacecraft in source documents.

The 11 kg LunIR satellite will communicate with Earth via ground stations operated by Kongsberg Satellite Services in Punta Arenas, Chile; Svalbard, Norway; and Troll station, Antarctica.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Aug 24, 2022Terran Orbital Delivers LunIR Satellite to NASA For Artemis 1 Launch

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Satellogic selected Troll Ground Station and Svalbard Ground Station to support its Earth Observation data collection mission.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 31, 2022Four Dedicated Antennas Finalized + Commissioned By KSAT For Satellogic

Kongsberg Satellite Services will provide communications for the Lunar InfraRed Imaging (LunIR) mission using ground stations in Punta Arenas, Chile; Svalbard, Norway; and Troll Station, Antarctica.

CapabilityGeneralRelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 16, 2022KSAT invests in dedicated lunar communications network

KSAT provides operational services to the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) from its Svalbard and Troll stations.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.2Jul 14, 2021New KSATlite Ka-band antenna operational in Antarctic Troll Station