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The Luxembourg Future Fund joined a $45,000,000 investment round for NorthStar on 2021-12-17.
Canada’s government conditionally approved NorthStar’s constellation on 2021-08-24, placing the company on track for a formal license ahead of launching the first satellites.
NorthStar is developing a 52-satellite constellation split between 12 Skylark SSA satellites and 40 spacecraft for monitoring Earth.
ISED authorized NorthStar to use all requested Ka-band and X-band radio-frequency ranges for its planned constellation.
NorthStar Earth & Space received approval in principle from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada authorizing use of the company’s requested radio frequency spectrum allocation for a planned 52-satellite constellation.
NorthStar will launch a further 40 satellites to augment Skylark with additional optical sensors and to deploy hyperspectral and infrared sensors for Earth observation capabilities.
NorthStar plans a serial deployment schedule with the 40-satellite Earth-observation follow-on constellation launching after all Skylark launches.
The Canadian government is investing 1.5 million Canadian dollars into a NorthStar prototype Earth-observation monitoring project that is worth a total of 2.7 million Canadian dollars.
NorthStar aims to launch the first hyperspectral Earth-observation satellites a couple of years after the Skylark segment reaches 12 satellites.
Under NorthStar’s baseline plan, the Skylark segment will reach 12 satellites by 2025.
NorthStar completed its International Telecommunication Union filing earlier in the summer of 2022.
NorthStar is on track to obtain a formal Canadian license to launch the first satellites of its constellation in early 2023, conditional on meeting standard eligibility requirements.
NorthStar tapped Thales Alenia Space to build the first three Skylark satellites for a launch in the first quarter of 2023.
The 52-satellite NorthStar constellation comprises 12 Skylark space situational awareness satellites with optical sensors and 40 follow-on satellites with infrared and hyperspectral sensors for Earth monitoring.
NorthStar contracted Thales Alenia Space to build three satellites to provide space situational awareness services.
Defence Research and Development Canada, part of Canada’s Department of National Defence, is investing 1.5 million Canadian dollars into NorthStar’s project.
NorthStar plans to launch the first hyperspectral satellites geared for Earth observation a couple of years after the SSA baseline deployment, while exploring ways to accelerate that deployment.
NorthStar is working with the Canadian Coast Guard using an airborne hyperspectral sensor system to monitor sensitive marine and coastal environments.
The SSA constellation aims to reach 12 satellites by the second quarter of 2025 under NorthStar’s current baseline plan.
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