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Skykraft provides Air Traffic Management (ATM) services from space using small satellites and specialised ATM infrastructure.
Skykraft collaborated with Airservices Australia to implement test protocols that ensured there was no interference to the operational Air Traffic Management (ATM) system during testing.
Skykraft is developing a constellation of more than 200 satellites in low Earth orbit to provide global air traffic management services from space.
Skykraft completed a world-first trial of space-based VHF voice communications as part of its development of satellites to provide space-based aviation communications and surveillance services.
Skykraft's trial supports work on operational space-based aviation VHF services leading up to the World Radio Congress 2023 (WRC-23).
Skykraft's planned services include surveillance using ADS-B and UAT.
Skykraft's planned services include multilateration for validation of ADS-B and UAT messages received from aircraft and for providing independent aircraft position data in the event of GNSS failure.
Skykraft's next space mission in 2024-04-01 will include a demonstration of multilateration to provide independent aircraft position data in the event of GNSS failure.
Skykraft's initial satellite constellation was under rapid development with two launches in 2023 and additional launches planned for 2024.
A Skykraft prototype Air Traffic Management satellite stack launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 2023-06-12.
Skykraft was established in 2017 as a spin-off company from UNSW Canberra.
Skykraft’s Air Traffic Management technology is designed to track aircraft, provide global communications between pilots and air traffic controllers regardless of aircraft location, and aims to improve safety, reduce fuel costs, and reduce the environmental impact of air transport.
Skykraft’s manufacturing facility opened in March 2022 and is located in the centre of Canberra as part of the UNSW Canberra Launch innovation hub.
Skykraft is collaborating with Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs) on a space-based solution to track aircraft and provide global communications between pilots and air traffic controllers regardless of aircraft location.
Neumann Space’s first Neumann Drive electric thruster, which uses a solid metal rod as fuel, was part of a satellite built by Australian company Skykraft on Transporter-8.
Neumann Space has completed integrating its Neumann Drive® propulsion system onto Skykraft’s Australian designed and manufactured satellite.
The Skykraft satellite carrying the Neumann Drive® is undergoing final testing before being shipped to the United States for a scheduled launch in mid-2023.
Skykraft will complete five satellites by 2022-06-20.
The first Skykraft satellites will be launched later 2022 by SpaceX from Florida.
Skykraft’s manufacturing will then increase to build 210 satellites to provide global coverage in the company’s first constellation.