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FOSSA aims to deploy 80 spacecraft by the end of 2025 to reduce latency to near real-time.
FOSSA initially planned to deploy its first commercial satellites on a SpaceX Falcon 9 last year.
FOSSA Systems was the European company that launched the most smallsats in 2022.
Momentus provided orbital delivery services to FOSSA Systems on Vigoride’s inaugural mission in 2022.
The hosted payloads for FOSSA Systems will serve as a technology demonstrator platform independent of FOSSA’s satellite launches scheduled for 2024 and 2025.
FOSSA Systems has launched 17 satellites into orbit since 2022.
FOSSA Systems expects to deploy new batches of satellites in bulk to complete the first phase of an 80-satellite constellation.
FOSSA Systems expects to deploy new batches of satellites in bulk to complete the first phase of an 80-satellite constellation.
FOSSA Systems signed a contract with Momentus Inc. to place its FOSSASat FEROX satellites into low-Earth orbit on two Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle missions starting in 2023.
FOSSA Systems aims to deploy a constellation of 80 satellites by the end of 2024 to reduce latency to near-realtime.
FOSSA Systems flew with Momentus on Momentus’ inaugural mission that launched in May 2022.
FOSSA Systems is in the middle of a Series A funding round after raising about $1,000,000 from commercial and government sources.
FOSSA Systems aims to deploy a constellation of 80 satellites by the end of 2024 to reduce latency to near-realtime.
With 13 satellites in sun-synchronous orbits, FOSSA Systems can provide solutions with a latency of around 10 hours.
The Transporter-8 mission will demonstrate FOSSA Systems’ satellites’ new design features and serve as a demonstration for a second batch of satellites expected to launch on a follow-on Vigoride vehicle on a later SpaceX Transporter mission.
FOSSA Systems previously flew on Momentus’ inaugural mission that launched in May 2022.
The first group of FOSSA Systems’ next-generation satellites is slated to launch on a Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle on the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission no earlier than June 2023.
Momentus deployed eight customer satellites during its May 2022 inaugural mission for FOSSA Systems, Orbit NTNU, and Bronco Space at the California State Polytechnic University.
Momentus’ May 2022 inaugural mission deployed eight customer satellites for FOSSA Systems, Orbit NTNU, and Bronco Space at California State Polytechnic University.
FOSSA Systems plans to deploy a constellation of 80 smallsats in successive launches prior to 2024.