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Momentus will use a deployer on the Transporter-9 mission to deliver customer satellites for SatRev, Contec Co., and Lunasonde.
On Transporter-9, Momentus will use a deployer to place three satellites into Low-Earth Orbit for three different customers: AMAN-1 for SatRev, JINJUSat-1 for CONTEC Co., and Picacho for Lunasonde.
On Transporter-9, Momentus planned to deploy JINJUSat-1 for CONTEC Co. of the Republic of Korea, a satellite spearheaded by Jinju City, Korea Testing Laboratory, and Gyeongsang National University to carry out Earth imaging with mounted cameras.
The optical ground station ordered by CONTEC will be CCSDS-capable by default and will also be SDA-capable and QKD-3-capable.
CONTEC manufactures turnkey optical ground stations that manage atmospheric turbulence to deliver high-capacity laser communications through the atmosphere.
CONTEC is a South Korean company spun off from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).
CONTEC planned to install more antennas across the Americas and Europe in 2023.
CONTEC ordered an optical ground station from Cailabs that will be installed in 2024.
The optical ground station ordered by CONTEC will incorporate Cailabs’ TILBA-ATMO component for reliable, high-speed communications.
CONTEC was established in January 2015 as a spin-off from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).
CONTEC raised approximately $63,000,000 in Series C funding.
CONTEC plans to use the Series C capital to expand its Ground Network, which includes optical ground stations and a telescope network for space situational awareness services.
Momentus signed a contract with CONTEC Co. of the Republic of Korea to provide space transportation services for CONTEC’s JINJUSat-1 cubesat.
CONTEC offers Ground Station Service with its own global ground network and provides hosting service at each site.
CONTEC raised $50,000,000 in a Series C funding round in early June.
CONTEC has raised a total of $61,000,000 in funding, including $11,000,000 in Series A funding.
CONTEC provided ground support of data downlink and processing for the KSLV-II launch mission using ground stations in Asia, North America, and Europe.
CONTEC plans to go public in 2023 with Daishin Securities leading the IPO management.
CONTEC plans to build 12 ground stations in 10 countries 2022 to widen service coverage.
Contec contracted in 2021 with U.S. smallsat mission integrator NanoAvionics for a 16-unit cubesat bus that will carry a Contec laser communications terminal and a 1.5-meter-resolution imager supplied by Simera Sense.