NovaSAR-S/S1-4
9/16/2018
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. confirmed the health of its NovaSAR-1 radar satellite and the S1-4 optical imaging satellite after the launch.
Honeywell Aerospace provided an Automatic Identification System payload for NovaSAR-1 that enables SAR-imaged maritime vessels to be matched with ship-tracking data.
Previous mission partners signed up for capacity on NovaSAR-1 include the UK Space Agency, Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), DOST-ASTI (Philippines), and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
SSTL built the 445-kilogram NovaSAR-1 satellite in Guildford, U.K., with a £21,000,000investment from the U.K. Space Agency.
Space-Eyes will integrate Synthetic Aperture Radar images from NovaSAR-1 with contextual maritime threat evaluation data using its CATE™ Analytics technology to deliver tactical intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) signed an agreement with Space-Eyes (Channel Logistics USA, LLC Delaware, doing business as SpaceEyes LLC) to provide a share of the tasking and data acquisition capabilities from the NovaSAR-1 satellite.
SSTL will lease imaging payload capacity on NovaSAR-1 to Space-Eyes for the lifetime of the satellite, which is designed to be in excess of 7 years.
SSTL has prior experience designing and operating small radar missions gained from the NovaSAR-1 spacecraft, which entered operations in 2018 and serves five major customers worldwide.