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UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)

CA
commercialFounded 1998
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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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

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

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipApr 15, 2023A Transporter-7 achievement: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) issues 9 smallsats to orbit

Two commercial communications CubeSats were developed using Space Flight Laboratory’s 6U-XL SPARTAN design for a Toronto-based company and were assembled by the client at its own Toronto facility under the Flex Production program.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductApr 15, 2023A Transporter-7 achievement: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) issues 9 smallsats to orbit

Space Flight Laboratory was selected for the HawkEye 360 constellation mission after the 2018 launch of the HawkEye 360 Pathfinder cluster that demonstrated SFL’s formation-flying technology.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralApr 15, 2023A Transporter-7 achievement: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) issues 9 smallsats to orbit

Space Flight Laboratory’s 25-year heritage dating from 1998 includes 69 operational missions and an additional 21 missions under development or awaiting launch.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralApr 15, 2023A Transporter-7 achievement: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) issues 9 smallsats to orbit

Space Flight Laboratory developed and launched GHGSat-1, GHGSat-2, GHGSat-3, GHGSat-4, and GHGSat-5 over the six years following GHGSat-D.

Mentioned as: space flight laboratoryTechnical ProductApr 15, 2023A Transporter-7 achievement: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) issues 9 smallsats to orbit

The SpaceX Transporter-7 rideshare mission carried SFL-designed smallsat platforms for four different repeat customers.

Mentioned as: SFLTechnical ProductApr 15, 2023A Transporter-7 achievement: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) issues 9 smallsats to orbit

HawkEye 360 Cluster 7 is based on Space Flight Laboratory’s 30-kg DEFIANT platform and comprises three formation-flying radio frequency geolocating microsatellites.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductApr 15, 2023A Transporter-7 achievement: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) issues 9 smallsats to orbit

Three next-generation greenhouse gas monitoring microsatellites, GHGSat-C6, GHGSat-C7, and GHGSat-C8, were built by Space Flight Laboratory on its 15-kg NEMO platform for GHGSat Inc. of Montreal, Canada.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductApr 15, 2023A Transporter-7 achievement: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) issues 9 smallsats to orbit

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

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductApr 15, 2023A Transporter-7 achievement: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) issues 9 smallsats to orbit

Space Flight Laboratory built and launched the pathfinding GHGSat-D ('Claire') atmospheric monitoring microsatellite for GHGSat Inc. in 2016.

Mentioned as: space flight laboratoryTechnical ProductApr 15, 2023A Transporter-7 achievement: Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) issues 9 smallsats to orbit

The Cluster 6 mission brought to 18 the number of HawkEye 360 smallsats built by Space Flight Laboratory and now on orbit.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralJan 30, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) confirms successful deployment of HawkEye 360 Cluster 6 smallsats

HawkEye 360 selected Space Flight Laboratory because formation flying by multiple satellites is important for successful RF geolocation.

Mentioned as: Space Flight LaboratoryTechnical ProductJan 30, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) confirms successful deployment of HawkEye 360 Cluster 6 smallsats

Clusters 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the HawkEye 360 constellation were built on Space Flight Laboratory’s 30 kg DEFIANT microsatellite bus.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipJan 30, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) confirms successful deployment of HawkEye 360 Cluster 6 smallsats

Space Flight Laboratory established communication with three radio frequency geolocation smallsats developed for HawkEye 360.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Org RelationshipJan 30, 2023Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) confirms successful deployment of HawkEye 360 Cluster 6 smallsats

In its 24-year history, SFL has developed CubeSats, nanosatellites, and microsatellites that have achieved more than 215 cumulative years of operation in orbit.

Mentioned as: UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory (SFL)Narrative GeneralNov 15, 2022Space Flight Laboratory Awarded Contract for Development of HawkEye 360 RF Geolocation Microsatellites

Space Flight Laboratory offers a suite of nano-, micro-, and small satellites including high-performance, low-cost CubeSats for missions ranging from 3 to 500 kg.

Mentioned as: space flight laboratoryTechnical ProductNov 15, 2022Space Flight Laboratory Awarded Contract for Development of HawkEye 360 RF Geolocation Microsatellites

SFL is designing, assembling, and integrating Cluster 9 at its Toronto headquarters under the Flex Production program.

Mentioned as: SFLTechnical ProductNov 15, 2022Space Flight Laboratory Awarded Contract for Development of HawkEye 360 RF Geolocation Microsatellites

The SFL Flex Production program gives customers the option to contract SFL to completely develop the first satellite or satellite cluster in a Microspace constellation at SFL's Toronto facility.

Mentioned as: SFLTechnical ProductNov 15, 2022Space Flight Laboratory Awarded Contract for Development of HawkEye 360 RF Geolocation Microsatellites

SFL is providing technical support for integration of Clusters 7, 8, 10, and 11 at HawkEye 360's new manufacturing facility in Virginia.

Mentioned as: sflNarrative GeneralNov 15, 2022Space Flight Laboratory Awarded Contract for Development of HawkEye 360 RF Geolocation Microsatellites
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