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Horizon Space Technologies

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commercialFounded 2023
Saint-Quentin, United Kingdom
horizontechnologies.com
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Horizon Technologies was awarded a £1.2 million grant by the UK Space Agency as part of a £2.8 million Amber™ Phoenix Mission program.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesOrg RelationshipNov 1, 2023Horizon Technologies recently awarded million£ grant from the UK Space Agency

Horizon Technologies’ original Amber™ payload was on one of eight smallsats lost in Virgin Orbit’s failed LauncherOne mission on 2023-01-09.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesNarrative GeneralNov 1, 2023Horizon Technologies recently awarded million£ grant from the UK Space Agency

The lost Horizon Technologies Amber™ payload flight was part of the Satellite Applications Catapult IOD-3 Program for which Horizon Technologies was competitively selected in 2019.

Mentioned as: horizon technologiesTechnical ProductNov 1, 2023Horizon Technologies recently awarded million£ grant from the UK Space Agency

Horizon Technologies received guidance and support from the UK Space Agency following the 2023-01-09 Virgin Orbit launch failure.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesOrg RelationshipNov 1, 2023Horizon Technologies recently awarded million£ grant from the UK Space Agency

Horizon Technologies was awarded a £1.2 million grant by the UK Space Agency at an event at the Army-Navy Club in London on 11 October.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2023UK Space Agency Awards £1.2 Million Grant to Horizon Technologies for Amber Phoenix Mission

Horizon Technologies’ original Amber payload was on one of eight small satellites lost in the Virgin Orbit failed launch on 9 January 2023 when LauncherOne failed to reach the proper orbit.

Mentioned as: horizon technologiesTechnical ProductOct 23, 2023UK Space Agency Awards £1.2 Million Grant to Horizon Technologies for Amber Phoenix Mission

The £1.2 million UK Space Agency grant to Horizon Technologies is part of a £2.8 million program called the Amber Phoenix Mission.

Mentioned as: Horizon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2023UK Space Agency Awards £1.2 Million Grant to Horizon Technologies for Amber Phoenix Mission

The lost Amber payload launch was part of the Satellite Applications Catapult IOD-3 Programme for which Horizon Technologies was competitively selected in 2019.

Mentioned as: Horizon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipOct 23, 2023UK Space Agency Awards £1.2 Million Grant to Horizon Technologies for Amber Phoenix Mission

Horizon Technologies received immediate guidance from the UK Space Agency team following the 2023-01-09 mission failure.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesNarrative GeneralOct 23, 2023UK Space Agency Awards £1.2 Million Grant to Horizon Technologies for Amber Phoenix Mission

Horizon Technologies envisages a constellation of more than 20 Amber payloads in low Earth orbit to provide worldwide RF data with 30-minute latency.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesNarrative GeneralOct 19, 2023UK funds surveillance satellite replacement lost in Virgin Orbit failure

The U.K. government's innovation agency provided a £600,000 grant that supported Horizon Technologies' first-satellite technology development.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesNarrative GeneralOct 19, 2023UK funds surveillance satellite replacement lost in Virgin Orbit failure

Horizon Technologies initially planned to launch Amber IOD-3 aboard a SpaceX Cargo Dragon mission in 2021 for deployment from the International Space Station.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2023UK funds surveillance satellite replacement lost in Virgin Orbit failure

The UK Space Agency awarded Horizon Technologies a £1.2 million grant to help launch the replacement spy satellite in mid-2024.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2023UK funds surveillance satellite replacement lost in Virgin Orbit failure

Horizon Technologies ordered two other Amber surveillance satellites from AAC Clyde Space in 2021 that were initially slated to launch in 2022 but suffered production delays.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2023UK funds surveillance satellite replacement lost in Virgin Orbit failure

Amber IOD-3 was a 6U cubesat that was part of a program led by the Satellite Applications Catapult with Horizon Technologies as prime contractor.

Mentioned as: Horizon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipOct 19, 2023UK funds surveillance satellite replacement lost in Virgin Orbit failure

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.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2023UPDATE 4: Virgin Orbit updates their “Start Me Up” mission anomaly

IOD-3 AMBER was developed by Satellite Applications Catapult and Horizon Technologies and built by AAC Clyde Space, all based in the United Kingdom.

Mentioned as: Horizon TechnologiesTechnical ProductOct 14, 2022Virgin Orbit announces Start Me Up mission from UK

IOD-3 Amber is designed for communications missions and carries Horizon Space Technologies’ AMBER Payload dedicated to delivering Maritime Domain Awareness intelligence data.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesNarrative GeneralOct 12, 2022AAC Clyde Space’s IOD-3 Amber is ready for the company’s first UK satellite launch

Horizon Technologies’ first Amber™ cubesat will be launched from Virgin Orbit’s 747 Cosmic Girl as part of the Start Me Up mission.

Mentioned as: Horizon TechnologiesOrg RelationshipOct 12, 2022Developed to—among other goals—track illegal maritime activities, Horizon Technologies’ Amber™ UK smallsat launch is upcoming

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.

Mentioned as: Horizon Space TechnologiesNarrative GeneralOct 12, 2022AAC Clyde Space’s IOD-3 Amber is ready for the company’s first UK satellite launch
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