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UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)

CA
commercialFounded 1998
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Space Flight Laboratory planned to exhibit in booth 1034 at the CANSEC Defense and Security Conference in Ottawa, Ontario on 2023-05-31 and 2023-06-01.

Mentioned as: space flight laboratoryNarrative GeneralMay 19, 2023HawkEye 360 Begins Manufacturing of Satellite Clusters

The six satellites for Clusters 12 and 13 are being built at HawkEye 360’s facility in Virginia under Space Flight Laboratory’s Flex Production program.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipMay 19, 2023HawkEye 360 Begins Manufacturing of Satellite Clusters

In April 2023, HawkEye 360 launched and deployed Cluster 7, the first three satellites integrated in-house by HawkEye 360 under the production plan created by Space Flight Laboratory.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipMay 19, 2023HawkEye 360 Begins Manufacturing of Satellite Clusters

HawkEye 360 selected Space Flight Laboratory for its missions because robust and accurate formation flying by multiple satellites is important for successful RF geolocation.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductMay 19, 2023HawkEye 360 Begins Manufacturing of Satellite Clusters

Clusters 12 and 13 comprise six satellites being built on Space Flight Laboratory’s 30-kg DEFIANT platform.

Mentioned as: space flight laboratoryTechnical ProductMay 19, 2023HawkEye 360 Begins Manufacturing of Satellite Clusters

Space Flight Laboratory’s Flex Production program gives clients the option of having satellites built at SFL’s Toronto headquarters or setting up in-house production capabilities at their own facilities with guidance from SFL.

Mentioned as: SFLTechnical ProductMay 19, 2023HawkEye 360 Begins Manufacturing of Satellite Clusters

Space Flight Laboratory develops and implements high-performance attitude and formation control systems for nanosatellites and microsatellites.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralMay 19, 2023HawkEye 360 Begins Manufacturing of Satellite Clusters

SFL’s Flex Production program gives clients the option of having satellites built at SFL’s Toronto headquarters or establishing in-house production capabilities at their own facilities with guidance from SFL.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipMay 18, 2023HawkEye 360 initiates manufacturing of their Satellite Clusters 12 + 13 under SFL’s Flex program

Cluster 7 launched and deployed in April 2023 as the first three satellites integrated in-house by HawkEye 360 as part of the production plan created by Space Flight Laboratory.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipMay 18, 2023HawkEye 360 initiates manufacturing of their Satellite Clusters 12 + 13 under SFL’s Flex program

Clusters 12 and 13 comprise six satellites built on Space Flight Laboratory’s 30 kg DEFIANT platform at HawkEye 360’s facility in Virginia under SFL’s Flex Production program.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipMay 18, 2023HawkEye 360 initiates manufacturing of their Satellite Clusters 12 + 13 under SFL’s Flex program

HawkEye 360 selected Space Flight Laboratory for these missions because of SFL’s robust and accurate multi-satellite formation flying capabilities required for RF geolocation.

Mentioned as: SFLTechnical ProductMay 18, 2023HawkEye 360 initiates manufacturing of their Satellite Clusters 12 + 13 under SFL’s Flex program

NorSat-TD is a microsatellite built by SFL for the Norwegian Space Agency on SFL’s DEFIANT platform to carry multiple advanced or experimental payloads.

Mentioned as: SFLTechnical ProductApr 19, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Successfully Launches Nine Satellites to Support Four Micro Space Missions

SFL built Clusters 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the HawkEye 360 constellation on its 30-kg DEFIANT bus at SFL’s Toronto headquarters.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipApr 19, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Successfully Launches Nine Satellites to Support Four Micro Space Missions

Space Flight Laboratory has a 25-year heritage dating from 1998 that includes 69 operational missions.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralApr 19, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Successfully Launches Nine Satellites to Support Four Micro Space Missions

Space Flight Laboratory launched and successfully deployed nine satellites at 06:48 UTC on 15 April 2023.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipApr 19, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Successfully Launches Nine Satellites to Support Four Micro Space Missions

Two commercial communications CubeSats on the Transporter-7 launch were developed using the SFL 6U-XL SPARTAN design for a Toronto-based company.

Mentioned as: SFLTechnical ProductApr 19, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Successfully Launches Nine Satellites to Support Four Micro Space Missions

SFL built GHGSat-1, GHGSat-2, GHGSat-3, GHGSat-4, and GHGSat-5 over the six years following 2016.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralApr 19, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Successfully Launches Nine Satellites to Support Four Micro Space Missions

SFL developed the pathfinding GHGSat-D ("Claire") atmospheric monitoring microsatellite for GHGSat Inc. in 2016.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralApr 19, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Successfully Launches Nine Satellites to Support Four Micro Space Missions

Space Flight Laboratory designed microspace platforms carried on Transporter-7 for four different repeat customers.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductApr 19, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Successfully Launches Nine Satellites to Support Four Micro Space Missions

GHGSat-C6, GHGSat-C7, and GHGSat-C8 are three greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellites built by SFL on its 15-kg NEMO platform for GHGSat Inc. of Montreal, Canada.

Mentioned as: SFLTechnical ProductApr 19, 2023Space Flight Laboratory Successfully Launches Nine Satellites to Support Four Micro Space Missions
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