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UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)

CA
commercialFounded 1998
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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SFL built GHGSat’s technology demonstration satellite Claire, which launched in 2016.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralNov 17, 2020Space Flight Laboratory to build three more GHGSat satellites

The University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory announced a contract on 2020-11-16 to build three greenhouse gas monitoring satellites for GHGSat.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipNov 17, 2020Space Flight Laboratory to build three more GHGSat satellites

Space Flight Laboratory built the pathfinding GHGSat-D microsatellite, also known as Claire, which was launched in 2016.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralNov 17, 2020Space Flight Laboratory awarded contract by GHGSat to build three more greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellites

SFL was awarded the contract by GHGSat Inc. to develop the first two commercial service satellites, GHGSat-C1 (Iris) and GHGSat-C2 (Hugo).

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralNov 16, 2020Space Flight Laboratory To Build Three Smallsats For GHGSat

SFL built the pathfinding GHGSat-D (Claire) smallsat that launched in 2016.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralNov 16, 2020Space Flight Laboratory To Build Three Smallsats For GHGSat

GHGSat-D, GHGSat-C1, GHGSat-C2, and the next three GHGSat smallsats were or will be developed on SFL’s 15-kilogram Next-generation Earth Monitoring and Observation (NEMO) smallsat platform.

Mentioned as: SFLTechnical ProductNov 16, 2020Space Flight Laboratory To Build Three Smallsats For GHGSat

SFL was established at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) in 1998.

Mentioned as: sflNarrative GeneralNov 16, 2020Space Flight Laboratory To Build Three Smallsats For GHGSat

Kepler-5 was the first satellite that Kepler integrated in-house and built in its new satellite manufacturing facility with guidance from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory.

Mentioned as: University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductOct 20, 2020Momentus and Kepler announce service agreement

The University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory built the Kepler-4 satellite and Kepler Communications provided the Kepler-4 payload.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralOct 20, 2020Momentus and Kepler announce service agreement

HawkEye 360 built the RF payloads for Cluster 2 and UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory integrated those payloads into the satellite bus.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralJul 16, 2020HawkEye 360 Completes Milestone in Preparation to Launch Second Cluster

SFL was building HawkEye 360’s next 15 radio-frequency-mapping cubesats, which HawkEye 360 expected to launch by the end of 2021.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipMar 8, 2020Kepler’s decision to build its own cubesats surprises manufacturers

SFL is designing and building the first cubesat in Kepler’s operational constellation and is helping Kepler set up a facility to mass produce the remaining satellites.

Mentioned as: SFLTechnical ProductMar 8, 2020Kepler’s decision to build its own cubesats surprises manufacturers

Kepler received help designing its cubesat bus from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies’ Space Flight Laboratory.

Mentioned as: University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies’ Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductJan 29, 2020Kepler decides to build its 140-satellite cubesat constellation in-house

UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory plans to equip the new HawkEye 360 satellites with a new radio-frequency payload developed by HawkEye 360.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipSep 18, 2019Hawkeye 360 taps UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory to build 12 more satellites

HawkEye 360 launched its first three satellites built by UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory in December.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralSep 18, 2019Hawkeye 360 taps UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory to build 12 more satellites

HawkEye 360 selected the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies Space Flight Laboratory to build its next-generation satellites to fly in formation and pinpoint the origin of radio-frequency signals.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralSep 18, 2019Hawkeye 360 taps UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory to build 12 more satellites

UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory will manufacture the satellite bus and integrate the new RF payload developed by HawkEye 360.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipSep 18, 2019HawkEye 360 Awards Contract to Build Next-Generation Satellite Constellation to Achieve Rapid Revisit for Global Spectrum Awareness

HawkEye 360 awarded UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory a contract last year to build three additional satellites.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralSep 18, 2019Hawkeye 360 taps UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory to build 12 more satellites

A second Telesat prototype developed by Maxar Technologies and the University of Toronto’s Space Flight Laboratory was lost during the November 2017 Soyuz failure.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralAug 7, 2019Telesat outlines spending plan for Canadian government’s LEO constellation investment

The Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory enables the University of Hawaii and other organizations to design, build, launch, and operate microsatellites in the 1–150 kg range configurable for various science and educational objectives.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralJul 4, 2019ISISpace selected by the Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory to realize a 6U CubeSat platform
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