The satellites, which have been shipped by the firm, will be launched from Cape Canaveral by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket
Satellogic to send five satellites in Q2 2022 as part of the SpaceX Transporter-4 rideshare mission. (Credit: PIRO4D from Pixabay)
Satellogic, an American satellite data collection company, plans to launch five new satellites onboard the SpaceX Transporter-4 rideshare mission in the early second quarter of this year.
The satellites, which have been shipped by the company, will be launched from Cape Canaveral by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 reusable, two-stage rocket.
According to Satellogic, the upcoming launch includes the maiden deployment of the company’s new Mark V satellite model. The new generation of satellites is said to boost the firm’s constellation with better cameras, radios, computers, and other subsystems that have compatibility with all components from previous models.
The remaining four satellites are updated NewSats Mark IV, which have been improved to accommodate increased onboard storage. The satellites also have upgraded propulsion and navigation systems.
Satellogic North America president Matthew Tirman said: “We are excited to increase our customer’s opportunities and product offering with this launch.
“The new and enhanced satellites will increase the quality of our current services and create new opportunities for our customers.”
The launch under the SpaceX Transporter-4 mission is part of Satellogic’s previously announced plans for this year. It will increase the company’s fleet to 22 satellites, which have been designed to provide high-resolution data from space.
Satellogic aims to launch up to 12 more spacecraft later this year. This will provide up to seven daily revisits of any point of interest, which will lead to a total of 34 commercial satellites in orbit by the first quarter of 2023.
By 2025, the company plans to expand its constellation to more than 200 satellites to gain the capacity to remap the entire Earth on a daily basis.
Earlier this year, Satellogic wrapped up the previously announced $850m merger with CF Acquisition Corp. V, a blank cheque company, in a move to become a publicly-listed firm on Nasdaq.