Horizon Technologies initially planned to launch Amber IOD-3 aboard a SpaceX Cargo Dragon mission in 2021 for deployment from the International Space Station.
The Start Me Up manifest included the IOD-3 AMBER satellite developed by Satellite Applications Catapult and Horizon Technologies and built by AAC Clyde Space, intended as the first of more than 20 Amber satellites for maritime domain awareness.
IOD-3 AMBER was developed by Satellite Applications Catapult and Horizon Technologies and built by AAC Clyde Space, all based in the United Kingdom.
IOD-3 AMBER is expected to be the first of more than 20 Amber satellites to provide space-based Maritime Domain Awareness data to users.
IOD-3 Amber is designed for communications missions and carries Horizon Space Technologies’ AMBER Payload dedicated to delivering Maritime Domain Awareness intelligence data.
IOD-3 Amber’s RF geolocation and demodulation capability can be used to combat piracy, illegal trans-shipments, illegal fishing, and refugee smuggling.
IOD-3 Amber is a 6U cubesat developed by the Satellite Applications Catapult, Horizon Technologies, and the UK Space Agency and designed and built by AAC Clyde Space.
IOD-3 Amber will be the first satellite of more than 20 planned satellites in Horizon’s Amber constellation.
IOD-3 Amber is planned to launch on a Virgin Orbit launch vehicle.
Horizon Technologies’ first Amber™ cubesat will be launched from Virgin Orbit’s 747 Cosmic Girl as part of the Start Me Up mission.
AAC Clyde Space shipped the smallsat IOD-3 Amber to the launch site at Cornwall Spaceport for preparation for launch.
IOD-3 Amber uses in-built precision-engineered avionics that leverage decades of heritage from AAC Clyde Space’s subsystems.
IOD-3 AMBER (aka IOD-3) was developed by Satellite Applications Catapult and Horizon Technologies and built by AAC Clyde Space in the U.K.
IOD-3 AMBER is expected to be the first of more than 20 Amber satellites to provide space-based maritime domain awareness data.
AmberLink will provide ISR and SIGINT aircraft with a direct real-time data feed from Horizon Technologies’ Amber™ space-based intelligence data system.
Horizon Technologies plans additional launches of Amber™ cubesats that will be formally announced at the Farnborough Air Show in July 2022.
Virgin Orbit will launch Amber-1 on its LauncherOne vehicle from Spaceport Cornwall on a flight 2022 that is expected to be the first ever orbital launch from a United Kingdom spaceport.
The Satellite Applications Catapult and Virgin Orbit have an agreement to launch the Amber-1 satellite from the United Kingdom later 2022.
Amber-1 is expected to be the first of more than 20 planned Amber™ satellites to provide Maritime Domain Awareness data to users.
The Amber-1 mission is intended to demonstrate how launch from the United Kingdom can enable organizations to rapidly deploy new technologies to orbit with a complete end-to-end capability coordinated from UK soil.