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AAC Clyde Space

GB
commercialFounded 2005
United Kingdom
www.aac-clyde.space
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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: AAC Clyde SpaceNarrative GeneralJan 16, 2023UPDATE 4: Virgin Orbit updates their “Start Me Up” mission anomaly

The contract to deliver hyperspectral data increases the total number of satellites owned by the AAC Clyde Space group for SDaaS purposes to eleven.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceTechnical ProductJan 8, 2023AAC Clyde Space’s AIS communications satellite Kelpie-1 launches

AAC Clyde Space owns and operates the satellites in the SDaaS project that will deliver AIS data exclusively to ORBCOMM and ORBCOMM’s government and commercial customers.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 8, 2023AAC Clyde Space’s AIS communications satellite Kelpie-1 launches

AAC Clyde Space plans to launch a second Kelpie satellite in the first half of 2023.

Mentioned as: aac clyde spaceTechnical ProductJan 8, 2023AAC Clyde Space’s AIS communications satellite Kelpie-1 launches

The 8U NLSat-2 was designed and built by AAC Clyde Space under contract to NSLComm.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 6, 2023ISISPACE Group launches 47 satellites with its ISILAUNCH38 Mission on board Falcon 9 Transporter-6 Launch

The first Kelpie satellite, owned and built by AAC Clyde Space in Glasgow, will deliver data to ORBCOMM Inc. under an exclusive Space Data as a Service (SDaaS) deal.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 6, 2023Bright Ascension Software Supports 6 Satellites on Latest Rideshare Mission

The six spacecraft launched on 3 January 2023 were developed by Innovative Solutions In Space B.V. (ISISPACE) in the Netherlands and AAC Clyde Space in Scotland.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 6, 2023Bright Ascension Software Supports 6 Satellites on Latest Rideshare Mission

The first Kelpie satellite, owned and developed by AAC Clyde Space, will deliver data to ORBCOMM Inc. under an exclusive Space Data as a Service (SDaaS) deal.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 4, 2023Six flight software deployments from Bright Ascension launch on the Transporter-6 mission

Kelpie 1 is a 3U EPIC CubeSat designed and built by AAC Clyde Space to deliver Automatic Identification System (AIS) data exclusively to ORBCOMM and ORBCOMM’s government and commercial customers under an exclusive Space Data as a Service deal.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceOrg RelationshipJan 4, 2023D-Orbit launches Second Star to the Right and two ION Satellite Carriers on seventh orbital transportation mission

AAC Clyde Space delivered power systems to Intuitive Machines’ IM-1 and IM-2 missions, both part of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services initiative.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceOrg RelationshipDec 13, 2022AAC Clyde Space wins a subsystems order from Intuitive Machines

AAC Clyde Space will deliver the Starbuck power system and batteries to the IM-3 mission.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceNarrative PlanDec 13, 2022AAC Clyde Space wins a subsystems order from Intuitive Machines

The $850,000 order is the third order AAC Clyde Space has received for Intuitive Machines’ lunar landing missions.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceNarrative FinancialDec 13, 2022AAC Clyde Space wins a subsystems order from Intuitive Machines

AAC Clyde Space received a $850,000 order for subsystems to support the IM-3 mission to the Moon led by Intuitive Machines.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceOrg RelationshipDec 13, 2022AAC Clyde Space wins a subsystems order from Intuitive Machines

In May 2021 Astroscale UK selected AAC Clyde Space to co-engineer a satellite platform for the End-of-Life Services by Astroscale Multi-mission (ELSA-M).

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceTechnical ProductDec 11, 2022Astroscale extends AAC Clyde Space order by GBP 0.611 M to remove end of life space debris

Astroscale placed earlier orders in 2022 with AAC Clyde Space for a Sirius computer and a Starbuck power system totaling GBP 1.8 million (approx. SEK 23.0 million).

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceNarrative FinancialDec 11, 2022Astroscale extends AAC Clyde Space order by GBP 0.611 M to remove end of life space debris

Astroscale Ltd. extended its order from AAC Clyde Space for the ELSA-M end-of-life space debris removal service with additional hardware and functionality valued at GBP 0.611 million (approx. SEK 7.7 million).

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceNarrative FinancialDec 11, 2022Astroscale extends AAC Clyde Space order by GBP 0.611 M to remove end of life space debris

AAC Clyde Space has won a contract worth 574 kEUR (approximately 6.2 MSEK) to maintain radiometers in the telescopes of ALMA.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceNarrative GeneralDec 4, 2022AAC Clyde Space’s contract with Chile’s Atacama Large Millimeter Array worth 6.1 MSEK

AAC Omnisys, a subsidiary of AAC Clyde Space, are long-term collaborators with the European Southern Observatory (ESO), one of the international partners operating ALMA.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceOrg RelationshipDec 4, 2022AAC Clyde Space’s contract with Chile’s Atacama Large Millimeter Array worth 6.1 MSEK

AAC Clyde Space delivered the first Kelpie satellite to Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Mentioned as: AAC Clyde SpaceNarrative GeneralNov 29, 2022AAC Clyde Space’s first Kelpie satellite Supporting ORBCOMM’s AIS Service to Cape Canaveral launch site

AAC Clyde Space will own and operate the Kelpie satellites to deliver Automatic Identification System (AIS) data exclusively to ORBCOMM and ORBCOMM’s government and commercial customers under an SDaaS model.

Mentioned as: aac clyde spaceTechnical ProductNov 29, 2022AAC Clyde Space’s first Kelpie satellite Supporting ORBCOMM’s AIS Service to Cape Canaveral launch site
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