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Swarm expects the Vega launch to kick off a string of launches intended to complete its constellation in 2021.
Swarm plans to launch about 12 to 24 satellites per month once its launch cadence increases.
Swarm raised $25,000,000 in a Series A investment round last year to build a 150-satellite constellation for low-cost communications to remote locations.
Under an agreement announced 2020-04-22, Momentus will arrange rides for 12 Swarm SpaceBee satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare mission in 2020-12-01.
Swarm has received all regulatory approvals needed to start service in the United States later 2020.
The Federal Communications Commission denied a 2018 launch license for Swarm’s SpaceBees, citing visibility concerns for the 0.1 m by 0.1 m by 0.025 m satellites.
Swarm Technologies has built, launched, and operated nine miniature satellites since 2017.
A 150-satellite Swarm constellation could support as many as 10 million devices.
Swarm launched four SpaceBee satellites without Federal Communications Commission approval in early 2018 and was fined $900,000.
Swarm filed an FCC license application on 2019-03-01 under Part 25 of Title 47 to offer service for 1 million devices throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, all U.S. territories and possessions, and all U.S. territorial waters.
Swarm Technologies has raised more than $28,000,000 to fund a planned 150-spacecraft constellation.
Swarm was fined in 2024 for launching four satellites without an FCC license, and Swarm’s hockey puck-sized spacecraft are too small to qualify for the FCC’s streamlined license.
Swarm Technologies uses LeoTrack to obtain accurate position information for all of its 1/4-U satellites and to share position data with other space operators and the public on its website.
Swarm’s website homepage includes a LeoTrack visualization showing the orbital locations of Swarm’s SpaceBee satellites.
Swarm planned to about triple its team from 11 employees by the end of 2019.
The Federal Communications Commission fined Swarm $900,000 in December and required the company to implement new regulatory compliance measures.
Swarm launched four SpaceBee satellites without a Federal Communications Commission license in January 2018 on an Indian PSLV rocket.
Swarm reported total fundraising of $28,000,000 including the $25,000,000 raised in January.
Swarm has seven SpaceBee satellites in orbit and plans to deploy at least 143 more to reach a constellation of about 150 satellites for very low-data-rate communications.
Swarm estimates launching a 1U cubesat costs between $80,000 and $100,000 and estimates its satellites cost about one quarter of that to launch.