Orbital Micro Systems
AAC Clyde Space worked with Orbital Micro Systems to deliver accurate and timely weather information to businesses worldwide and enable faster, informed decision-making in the face of weather-driven emergencies.
- SPACE MISSIONS
As part of Eutelsat’s ELO project, we delivered two small satellites, 6U CubeSats, which will enter commercial service as soon as they are in orbit. The payloads for the spacecraft, built around a sophisticated Software Defined Radio, were developed in-house. These satellites will host the first propulsion systems on-board AAC Clyde Space satellites, enabling in-orbit manoeuvres.
As the world gets ‘smarter’, we’re demanding better coverage, speed and reliability from our networks. Satellite constellations have a critical role to play here in supporting terrestrial networks.
For example, the cost of laying fibre-optic cables makes many areas of the planet economically unviable for terrestrial networks – they are either too remote or the conditions are too inhospitable. In fact, terrestrial cellular networks provide coverage to only 25% of the Earth’s surface.
LEO satellite constellations, on the other hand, can cover the entire planet, from pole to pole. This is critical for delivering the global connectivity required to enable new societal and industrial paradigms, including the IoT, which has countless applications, from precision farming to industrial robotics, smart homes and driverless cars…
If the mission proves successful, Eutelsat plans to expand it into a full commercial constellation of 25 satellites dedicated to IoT services. The constellation will offer global coverage for IoT, enabling objects to transmit data whatever their location.
Eutelsat Communications is one of the world’s leading satellite operators, with a global fleet of satellites and ground-based facility. The French group delivers more than 7,000 channels, operated by the largest television groups, to an audience of one billion viewers equipped for satellite reception or connected to terrestrial networks.
OTHER CASE STUDIES
NSLComm
NSLComm is using nanosatellites to deliver fast, reliable and affordable communications, even in the most remote places on Earth.
Ymir-1
Ymir-1, a flight proven AAC Clyde Space EPIC LINK spacecraft serves as an in-orbit VDES demonstrator. Designed and built by AAC Clyde Space it carries a VDES payload, enabling seamless two-way communication between the satellite and ground-based stations for ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore maritime communication everywhere on the globe
xSPANCION
xSPANCION is transformational. It lays the groundwork to provide space data and services quickly and at low cost to organisations that are eager to harness the benefits of space to tackle on-Earth problems
ESA Arctic Weather Satellite
The ESA Arctic Weather Satellite is an initial prototype mission that aims to demonstrate the usefulness of radiometric measurements to improve weather forecasts in the Arctic region and globally. AAC Omnisys has developed and built an innovative scientific weather payload in Gothenburg specifically for this mission, a passive microwave radiometer, which will provide temperature and humidity measurements of the atmospheric layers, this data will be used for Numerical Weather Prediction and Nowcasting.
Eutelsat
AAC Clyde Space is supporting global satellite operator Eutelsat to construct its own low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation, ELO (Eutelsat LEO for Objects), to deliver global internet of things (IoT) coverage, enabling objects to transmit data irrespective of their location.
WYVERN
Our partners at Wyvern Inc, a Canadian Earth observation company, have committed to subscribing to our data service for four years. This custom package is set to deliver high-resolution hyperspectral data from space over an initial four-year period.
NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services
Nova-C is the first lander of NASA’s Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, which is focused on the exploration and use of natural resources of the moon. AAC Clyde Space’s STARBUCK-MINI PCDUs are being used for this mission.
Seahawk
Satellites are one of the most vital tools to better understand our planet. They enable us to capture a global view of what is happening across the planet.
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