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UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)

CA
commercialFounded 1998
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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LEO 3 is based on SFL’s scalable and versatile DEFIANT smallsat platform.

Mentioned as: SFLTechnical ProductJun 22, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) completes the Telesat LEO 3 smallsat build

Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) completed the build of the Telesat LEO 3 demonstration smallsat.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductJun 22, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) completes the Telesat LEO 3 smallsat build

Telesat, which is based in Ottawa, Ontario, selected SFL to build the LEO 3 microsatellite on an aggressive schedule.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipJun 22, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) completes the Telesat LEO 3 smallsat build

Space Flight Laboratory shipped the Telesat LEO 3 spacecraft from its Toronto integration facility to New Zealand.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipJun 22, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) completes the Telesat LEO 3 smallsat build

SFL selected Rocket Lab to deliver the LEO 3 satellite to space on an accelerated timeline within four months of contract signing to meet Telesat’s program requirements.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipJun 1, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch LEO 3 Broadband Satellite for Telesat

The launch of LEO 3 for Telesat and SFL follows the successful deployment of three satellites built by SFL for HawkEye 360 that launched on the first Electron mission of 2023 in January 2023.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipJun 1, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch LEO 3 Broadband Satellite for Telesat

Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) of Toronto built and manifested the LEO 3 satellite to Electron as the mission management provider and satellite developer.

Mentioned as: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Technical ProductJun 1, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch LEO 3 Broadband Satellite for Telesat

The Space Flight Laboratory has integrated the communications payload with the LEO 3 bus and successfully completed vibration and electromagnetic compatibility testing of the spacecraft.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipJun 1, 2023Telesat Awards Contract to Space Flight Laboratory for the Manufacture of LEO 3 Demonstration Satellite

The Space Flight Laboratory is developing LEO 3 on its DEFIANT microsatellite platform.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductJun 1, 2023Telesat Awards Contract to Space Flight Laboratory for the Manufacture of LEO 3 Demonstration Satellite

Space Flight Laboratory is serving as the mission management provider and satellite developer for LEO 3.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductMay 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

HawkEye 360 is a radio frequency data analytics company that launched three satellites built by Space Flight Laboratory on an Electron mission in January 2023.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralMay 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

Telesat (NASDAQ and TSX: TSAT) contracted Space Flight Laboratory to manufacture a low-Earth orbit demonstration satellite for the company.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralMay 31, 2023Telesat selects Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to manufacture LEO 3 demo satellite

The LEO 3 satellite was built and manifested to Electron by Space Flight Laboratory of Toronto.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductMay 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

Space Flight Laboratory selected Rocket Lab to deliver the LEO 3 satellite to space on an accelerated timeline within four months of contract signing.

Mentioned as: space flight laboratoryOrg RelationshipMay 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

The launch of LEO 3 for Telesat and Space Flight Laboratory follows the successful deployment of three satellites built by Space Flight Laboratory for HawkEye 360 on an Electron mission in January 2023.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipMay 31, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Selects Rocket Lab to Launch Telesat Broadband Satellite

Space Flight Laboratory is developing LEO 3 on its DEFIANT smallsat platform.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductMay 31, 2023Telesat selects Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to manufacture LEO 3 demo satellite

Space Flight Laboratory integrated the communications payload with the LEO 3 bus and successfully completed vibration and electromagnetic compatibility testing of the spacecraft.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipMay 31, 2023Telesat selects Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to manufacture LEO 3 demo satellite

LEO 2, built by Space Flight Laboratory in partnership with Space Systems/Loral (now owned by Maxar Technologies), was one of 19 satellites lost in a 2017 Russian Soyuz launch failure.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralMay 30, 2023Telesat orders prototype satellite to continue LEO broadband tests

Telesat ordered a microsatellite called LEO 3 from Space Flight Laboratory, which is part of the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies.

Mentioned as: University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace StudiesOrg RelationshipMay 30, 2023Telesat orders prototype satellite to continue LEO broadband tests

Space Flight Laboratory integrated a communications payload for the 30-kilogram LEO 3 satellite and completed vibration and electromagnetic compatibility tests.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipMay 30, 2023Telesat orders prototype satellite to continue LEO broadband tests
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