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Dragonfly Aerospace

ZA
commercialFounded 2020
Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Dragonfly Aerospace is investing in a facility near Cape Town International Airport in South Africa to build microsatellite constellations and radiation-resistant optical components.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2021Max Polyakov buys Dragonfly Aerospace to fill out integrated space strategy

Dragonfly Aerospace was carved out from South African technology company Space Commercial Services and expanded from 15 staff to more than 100.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2021Max Polyakov buys Dragonfly Aerospace to fill out integrated space strategy

Max Polyakov and EOS Data Analytics planned to expand cooperation with Dragonfly Aerospace, potentially extending their contract to a seven-satellite constellation after validation of the first satellite in 2022.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2021Max Polyakov buys Dragonfly Aerospace to fill out integrated space strategy

Dragonfly Aerospace plans a production line at its Cape Town-area facility that could produce 16 satellites in parallel, up to 48 satellites per year.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2021Max Polyakov buys Dragonfly Aerospace to fill out integrated space strategy

Dragonfly Aerospace’s planned 3,000-square-meter facility will specialize in 50-600-kilogram satellites.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2021Max Polyakov buys Dragonfly Aerospace to fill out integrated space strategy

Dragonfly Aerospace will build two satellite cameras for EOS Data Analytics’ first satellite, a crop-monitoring spacecraft slated to launch in 2022.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2021Max Polyakov buys Dragonfly Aerospace to fill out integrated space strategy

Dragonfly Aerospace began developing its camera technology in 2016 and first demonstrated it on the nSight-1 satellite in 2017.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2021Max Polyakov buys Dragonfly Aerospace to fill out integrated space strategy

Dragonfly Aerospace’s commercial strategy includes partnering with satellite bus providers and eventually delivering microsatellite solutions.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceOrg RelationshipApr 28, 2021Max Polyakov buys Dragonfly Aerospace to fill out integrated space strategy

Dragonfly Aerospace plans to produce small satellites that could be launched by Firefly Aerospace.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceNarrative GeneralApr 28, 2021Max Polyakov buys Dragonfly Aerospace to fill out integrated space strategy

Dragonfly Aerospace delivered a customised Gecko electro-optical imager to Loft Orbital to fly on the YAM-3 satellite due to launch in 2021-04-01.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMar 31, 2021Dragonfly to deliver an imager for Loft Orbital

Bryan Dean is the CEO of Dragonfly Aerospace and the company’s strategy is to partner with companies worldwide to deliver persistent high-quality imaging of the Earth.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 31, 2021Dragonfly to deliver an imager for Loft Orbital

Dragonfly Aerospace delivered a customized Gecko electro-optical imager to Loft Orbital to fly on Loft Orbital’s YAM-3 satellite.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceOrg RelationshipMar 30, 2021Dragonfly Aerospace’s Gecko Imager Delivered To Loft Orbital

Dragonfly Aerospace’s corporate strategy includes partnering with global companies to deliver persistent high-quality Earth imaging.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceNarrative GeneralMar 30, 2021Dragonfly Aerospace’s Gecko Imager Delivered To Loft Orbital

Dragonfly Aerospace signed a contract to develop and deliver high-resolution electro-optical imagers for Pixxel’s planned satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceTechnical ProductFeb 17, 2021Dragonfly and Pixxel sign agreement for high-resolution imagers for Pixxel’s satellite constellation

Dragonfly Aerospace signed a contract to develop and deliver high-resolution electro-optical imagers for Pixxel’s planned satellite constellation.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceTechnical ProductFeb 16, 2021Dragonfly Aerospace’s Imagers To Pixxel For EO Satellite Constellation

Dragonfly Aerospace has experience in Earth observation satellite missions dating back to the 1980s.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceTechnical ProductFeb 10, 2021Dragonfly and Addvalue Collaborate to Cross Promote EO Imaging and Inter-Sat Data Relay Service

Addvalue Technologies Ltd's subsidiary, Addvalue Innovation Pte Ltd, entered into a memorandum of understanding with Dragonfly Aerospace for a joint marketing collaboration.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 10, 2021Dragonfly and Addvalue Collaborate to Cross Promote EO Imaging and Inter-Sat Data Relay Service

Dragonfly Aerospace progressed to satellite launch in 2018 and later to imager launch in 2020.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceNarrative GeneralFeb 10, 2021Dragonfly and Addvalue Collaborate to Cross Promote EO Imaging and Inter-Sat Data Relay Service

Dragonfly Aerospace will provide an X-band data download ground station for the HyperActive mission.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceTechnical ProductOct 29, 2020NanoAvionics goes hyperspectral

The HyperActive mission is designed to demonstrate the performance of Dragonfly Aerospace’s miniature hyperspectral imager together with a high-gain X-band antenna and an upgraded X-band downlink transmitter from CubeCom of South Africa.

Mentioned as: Dragonfly AerospaceTechnical ProductOct 23, 2020International consortium to launch tiny hyperspectral camera
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