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UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)

CA
commercialFounded 1998
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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NorSat-4 is under development at Space Flight Laboratory for a 2024 launch and will feature a first-of-its-kind low-light imaging sensor.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative PlanFeb 2, 2024SFL Developed Norwegian Microsatellite Achieves Optical Communications Link

The Norwegian Space Agency’s NorSat-TD demonstration microsatellite developed by Space Flight Laboratory transferred data to a ground station using optical communications technology.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductFeb 2, 2024SFL Developed Norwegian Microsatellite Achieves Optical Communications Link

UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory manufactured the HawkEye 360 Pathfinder satellites and remains a technology partner to HawkEye 360.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralDec 4, 2023HawkEye 360’s Inaugural Satellite Cluster “Pathfinder” Turns Five Years Old

SFL developed 18 formation-flying radio frequency geolocation microsatellites for HawkEye 360 and guided integration of three other HawkEye 360 satellites, all launched since 2018.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipOct 10, 2023SFL celebrates 25 years of smallsat development

GHGSat microsatellites developed by SFL have achieved sustained detection and measurement of methane emissions at double the satellites’ design capacities.

Mentioned as: SFLOrg RelationshipOct 10, 2023SFL celebrates 25 years of smallsat development

Eighteen CubeSats have been deployed on orbit and are successfully operating using SFL’s 6U-XL SPARTAN design for a Toronto-based company.

Mentioned as: SFLTechnical ProductOct 10, 2023SFL celebrates 25 years of smallsat development

NEMO-HD is Slovenia’s first satellite, was built by SFL, was launched in 2020, and captures 2.8-meter multispectral optical imagery and high-definition video.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipOct 10, 2023SFL celebrates 25 years of smallsat development

Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) was established in 1998.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralOct 10, 2023SFL celebrates 25 years of smallsat development

The Telesat LEO 3 communications microsatellite was built on SFL’s scalable and versatile DEFIANT platform, has a mass of 30 kg, and was launched in 2023.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipOct 10, 2023SFL celebrates 25 years of smallsat development

SFL is developing additional three-satellite clusters for HawkEye 360 at SFL’s Toronto headquarters and at HawkEye 360’s U.S. facility under SFL’s Flex Production Program.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipOct 10, 2023SFL celebrates 25 years of smallsat development

Since 2016, SFL has developed nine greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellites for GHGSat of Montreal.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralOct 10, 2023SFL celebrates 25 years of smallsat development

HawkEye 360 satellites are being built by the Space Flight Laboratory at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies and at HawkEye 360’s facility in Northern Virginia.

Mentioned as: University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace StudiesTechnical ProductSep 14, 2023HawkEye 360 reaches inflection point on path to profitability

The GHGSat-D demonstration satellite CLAIRE was developed by Space Flight Laboratory and launched in 2016.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralSep 6, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) performance milestone for GHGSat smallsats

Space Flight Laboratory developed all nine operational 15-kilogram GHGSat spacecraft on the firm’s NEMO smallsat bus under contract to GHGSat.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductSep 6, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) performance milestone for GHGSat smallsats

Space Flight Laboratory’s DEFIANT platform is a compact microsatellite measuring 30 x 30 x 0.45 m and weighing 30 kg.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductAug 21, 2023EM Solutions Successfully Completes In-Orbit Tests of Telesat LEO 3 Satellite Transponder

The LEO 3 communications payload was tailored for operation on Space Flight Laboratory’s DEFIANT platform.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductAug 21, 2023EM Solutions Successfully Completes In-Orbit Tests of Telesat LEO 3 Satellite Transponder

EM Solutions collaborated with Space Flight Laboratory and Telesat on the transponder for the LEO 3 demonstration satellite.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryOrg RelationshipAug 21, 2023EM Solutions Successfully Completes In-Orbit Tests of Telesat LEO 3 Satellite Transponder

Space Flight Laboratory’s DEFIANT smallsat platform measures 30 x 30 x 0.45 m and weighs 30 kg.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductAug 20, 2023EM Solutions’ successful on-orbit satellite transponder text

The Telesat LEO 3 satellite payload was tailored for operation on Space Flight Laboratory’s DEFIANT platform.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductAug 20, 2023EM Solutions’ successful on-orbit satellite transponder text

Other SFL microspace satellites developed and launched in 2023 include three greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellites for GHGSat Inc.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipJul 19, 2023Space Flight Laboratory’s Telesat LEO 3 Microsatellite launches and deploys
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