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Xplore

US
commercialFounded 2017
Redmond, Washington, United States
www.xplore.com
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Xplore’s first satellite utilizes OrbAstro’s ORB-6 platform for Earth observation and astronomy missions.

Mentioned as: XploreTechnical ProductFeb 1, 2022Xplore To Use OrbAstro’s Platform For Maiden Voyage This Year

Xplore selected OrbAstro’s ORB-6 bus because it meets the requirement to fly multiple instruments on a single mission.

Mentioned as: XploreTechnical ProductFeb 1, 2022Xplore To Use OrbAstro’s Platform For Maiden Voyage This Year

Xplore Inc. signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. (OrbAstro) to use OrbAstro satellite buses.

Mentioned as: xploreTechnical ProductFeb 1, 2022Xplore To Use OrbAstro’s Platform For Maiden Voyage This Year

Xplore will use OrbAstro’s satellite buses for a variety of innovative missions beginning with the ORB-6 platform.

Mentioned as: xploreTechnical ProductFeb 1, 2022Xplore To Use OrbAstro’s Platform For Maiden Voyage This Year

OrbAstro worked closely with Xplore to create an affordable solution for highly demanding mission parameters.

Mentioned as: XploreOrg RelationshipJan 26, 2022Xplore to fly sensors on OrbAstro nanosatellites

Xplore announced a contract on 2022-01-25 to purchase nanosatellites from Orbital Astronautics Ltd.

Mentioned as: XploreOrg RelationshipJan 26, 2022Xplore to fly sensors on OrbAstro nanosatellites

Xplore is preparing to launch a suite of sensors on an OrbAstro nanosatellite later in 2022.

Mentioned as: XploreNarrative GeneralJan 26, 2022Xplore to fly sensors on OrbAstro nanosatellites

Xplore Inc. signed a contract with Orbital Astronautics Ltd. to use OrbAstro’s satellite buses for a variety of missions.

Mentioned as: XploreOrg RelationshipJan 25, 2022Xplore Contracts With OrbAstro To Acquire Smallsat Buses For A Variety Of Missions

Xplore is accelerating hardware development of the Xcraft satellite data collection platform at a 22,000-square-foot satellite manufacturing facility in Redmond, Washington.

Mentioned as: XploreTechnical ProductJan 25, 2022Xplore Contracts With OrbAstro To Acquire Smallsat Buses For A Variety Of Missions

Xplore selected OrbAstro’s ORB-6 platform for its first flight, which is scheduled for late 2022.

Mentioned as: XploreNarrative GeneralJan 25, 2022Xplore Contracts With OrbAstro To Acquire Smallsat Buses For A Variety Of Missions

Xplore’s XLEO hosting service allows customers to avoid procuring, launching, and operating dedicated satellites.

Mentioned as: XploreTechnical ProductSep 22, 2021National Security Innovation Capital Delivers Million$ Contract To Xplore

Xplore Inc. received a $2,000,000 contract from National Security Innovation Capital within the Defense Innovation Unit of the Department of Defense.

Mentioned as: XploreOrg RelationshipSep 22, 2021National Security Innovation Capital Delivers Million$ Contract To Xplore

Xplore offers hosting opportunities for payload customers on its XLEO missions.

Mentioned as: XploreTechnical ProductSep 22, 2021National Security Innovation Capital Delivers Million$ Contract To Xplore

Xplore’s standard Xcraft is a high-performance, high-reliability ESPA-class platform that provides hosting and other services for a wide variety of customers and payloads.

Mentioned as: XploreTechnical ProductSep 22, 2021National Security Innovation Capital Delivers Million$ Contract To Xplore

Xplore’s PNT system is enabled by and will deploy on the Xcraft®, a multi-mission, ESPA-class space vehicle capable of supporting missions across cislunar space and operating from Venus to Ceres.

Mentioned as: XploreOrg RelationshipAug 24, 2021USAF Contract For A PNT Solution To Be Developed By Xplore For Advanced Lunar Missions + Cislunar Space

Xplore Inc. has a follow-on contract with the U.S. Air Force to continue developing its positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) solution as a commercial service for cislunar space.

Mentioned as: Xplore Inc.Technical ProductAug 24, 2021USAF Contract For A PNT Solution To Be Developed By Xplore For Advanced Lunar Missions + Cislunar Space

Xplore’s current Phase II effort culminates in a hardware-in-the-loop testbed designed to demonstrate required performance for precision cislunar missions and to lay the foundation for a subsequent on-orbit test of the PNT system.

Mentioned as: XploreTechnical ProductAug 24, 2021USAF Contract For A PNT Solution To Be Developed By Xplore For Advanced Lunar Missions + Cislunar Space

Dr. Darren Garber, Xplore Founder and Chief Technology Officer, developed the cislunar PNT solution and is leading the Phase II effort.

Mentioned as: XploreTechnical ProductAug 24, 2021USAF Contract For A PNT Solution To Be Developed By Xplore For Advanced Lunar Missions + Cislunar Space

Xplore will offer a multi-tiered services solution to customers operating in the cislunar region.

Mentioned as: XploreTechnical ProductAug 24, 2021USAF Contract For A PNT Solution To Be Developed By Xplore For Advanced Lunar Missions + Cislunar Space

Lisa Rich, Xplore Founder and Chief Operating Officer, supports development of a cislunar architecture intended to provide communication, data distribution, and transportation beyond Earth orbit and to align with initiatives of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate and the evolving goals of the U.S. Space Force.

Mentioned as: XploreTechnical ProductAug 24, 2021USAF Contract For A PNT Solution To Be Developed By Xplore For Advanced Lunar Missions + Cislunar Space
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