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IRIS

retired
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Orbit: LEOLaunched 5/17/1968
Technical Specifications
Verified technical details
Dry Mass
74 kg
Total Mass
74 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

ESTEC

Manufacturer

ESTEC
Launch Mission

ESRO 2B

5/17/1968

Entity Mentions
All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

Iris, sponsored by the International Space Station National Laboratory and part of the Canadian CubeSat Project led by the Canadian Space Agency, observes weathering of geological samples exposed to solar and cosmic radiation.

Mentioned as: IrisSourceJun 5, 2023

Iris is an air traffic modernization program developed by the European Space Agency with Inmarsat.

Mentioned as: IrisSourceJul 6, 2023

ESSP will operate and provision the Iris service and will lead Iris service commercialization to European Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs).

Mentioned as: IrisSourceJul 7, 2023

Iris Global aims to expand Iris coverage to Asia, the USA, the Middle East, and Australia and to add new ICAO aviation standards and satellite-based communication solutions for future ATM of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS).

Mentioned as: IrisSourceJan 29, 2024

Iris uses Viasat’s SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) connectivity platform.

Mentioned as: IrisSource

The Iris capability will be initially rolled out on four ITA Airways Airbus A320neo aircraft.

Mentioned as: IrisSource

Thales Alenia Space signed an 88-million-euro contract with Airbus to develop two flight-ready IRIS instruments for the CRISTAL mission.

Mentioned as: IRISSourceSep 23, 2020

GHGSat Inc. awarded SFL the development contracts for GHGSat-C1 ("Iris") and GHGSat-C2 ("Hugo") after SFL built and launched the pathfinding GHGSat-D ("Claire") atmospheric monitoring smallsat in 2016.

Mentioned as: IrisSourceJan 26, 2021

With the support of leading Air Navigation Service Providers, easyJet will evaluate Iris’ capabilities on up to 11 Airbus A320neo aircraft beginning in November 2022.

Mentioned as: IrisSourceJun 21, 2022

Descartes Labs Government plans to release Retina, WayFinder, and Iris at the GEOINT Symposium 2024.

Mentioned as: IrisSourceMay 6, 2024

The commercial phase of Iris will begin in 2026 with onboarding 28 air navigation service providers (ANSPs) supporting more than 1,100 Iris-capable aircraft in Europe.

Mentioned as: IrisSource