HERNDON, Va., Jan. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- HawkEye 360 Inc.,
the first commercial company to use formation-flying satellites to
create a new class of radio frequency (RF) data and data analytics,
today announced that Cluster 2 — the company's second cluster of
satellites — has successfully been deployed into orbit.
After launching aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 on Sunday, the trio
of satellites was dispensed from Spaceflight Inc.'s Sherpa-FX
orbital transfer vehicle and has established communications with
the HawkEye 360 satellite operations center. In the weeks ahead,
the satellites will be fully tested, commissioned, and moved into
their final formation needed to detect, characterize and gelocate
RF signals.
"The expansion of our pioneering constellation is the first of
several strong steps we have planned to multiply our existing
capabilities and explore new possibilities for RF geospatial
intelligence," said CEO John
Serafini. "We are proud to be the leading provider of RF
insights to U.S. government, international government, commercial
and humanitarian interests, and we believe our newest deployment,
which increases the frequency, quality and quantity of insights we
are able to deliver, will be an invaluable resource for our
customers."
The company processes and analyzes RF signal data collected by
the satellites to deliver actionable insights and a unique layer of
knowledge for national security operations, maritime domain
awareness, environmental protection and numerous additional
applications.
Cluster 2 follows the company's first Pathfinder cluster of
satellites, launched two years ago, but is significantly more
powerful. The new satellites can process data at a faster rate —
leading to increased geolocations with an even greater degree of
accuracy — and are equipped with new software-defined radios (SDR)
that can simultaneously collect a wide range of frequencies. These
workhorse satellites provide significant capacity increases to meet
the demand for robust space-based RF data and analytics required by
HawkEye's customers.
"Our first satellites were a tremendous success — a perfect
proof of concept of the value and utility of this type of
geospatial intelligence," said COO Rob
Rainhart. "But these new satellites will supercharge our
offerings to customers, with revisit rates and data collection an
order of magnitude greater than before. Our engineers and partners
have raised the bar, delivering the most capable commercial RF
satellites ever built into orbit."
HawkEye 360 will launch five additional clusters over the next
18 months (15 satellites) to establish our initial baseline
constellation. Once launched, the company's constellation will
provide a global revisit rate of less than an hour to support
time-sensitive monitoring of active and developing situations.
For more information on the HawkEye 360 satellite constellation
and enhanced capabilities of HawkEye
Cluster 2, please visit
https://www.he360.com/technology/constellation/.
About Hawkeye 360
HawkEye 360 is a Radio Frequency
(RF) data analytics company. We operate a first-of-its-kind
commercial satellite constellation to identify, process, and
geolocate a broad set of RF signals. We extract value from this
unique data through proprietary algorithms, fusing it with other
sources to create powerful analytical products that solve hard
challenges for our global customers. Our products include maritime
domain awareness and spectrum mapping and monitoring; our customers
include a wide range of commercial, government and international
entities.
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