HawkEye 360
| Constellation field |
RF Spectrum Monitoring, RF Geolocation |
| Constellation info |
Radio frequency (RF) mapping with 15 kg sats to help monitor transportation across air, land, sea and assist in emergencies. Built by GomSpace.
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| Constellation state |
Launches ongoing |
| Launched satellites |
27 |
| Planned satellites |
60 |
| Satellite type |
Microsat |
| Manufacturer |
SFL (Space Flight Laboratory) |
| First launch |
2018 |
| Launch cadence |
- With additional launches planned in 2021 and 2022, HawkEye 360 plans to create a constellation of seven three-satellite clusters, offering customers the ability to revisit radio frequency activity anywhere on Earth at 40-minute intervals.
- The launch of Cluster 6 will mean HawkEye 360 will have placed 15 next-generation satellites into orbit within two years. This rapid pace will continue in 2023, with Cluster 7 anticipated to launch in February and Clusters 8 and 9 mid-year. Once Cluster 6 is commissioned, HawkEye 360 will be able to collect RF data as frequently as every hour anywhere in the world.
- Virginia-based HawkEye 360 plans to have 60 satellites — 20 clusters of three satellites — on orbit by 2025.
- Remote-sensing satellite operator HawkEye 360 is the latest to experience problems in orbit, due to an “irreparable” failure of propulsion systems made by Austria-based Enpulsion, compounded by high solar activity. “The Cluster 4 spacecraft are currently operating at an orbital altitude of approximately 477 km, as a result of failures in the propulsion systems of each of the Cluster 4 spacecraft,” the company said in its request. “The company has unsuccessfully tried to remedy these failures and recently concluded that the propulsion system failures are irreparable.” TechCrunch, 2023-08-09.
- A dozen additional HawkEye 360 satellites are scheduled to launch in 2024, 2023-12-18.
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| Schedule tracking |
Years behind
"Launch first three satellites — the Pathfinder Cluster — during the second half of 2017, with a goal of six total clusters forming the whole satellite constellation to be deployed sometime in 2018 and 2019." |
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| Logo |
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| Entity name |
HawkEye 360 |
| Oneliner |
At HawkEye 360, our satellites deliver a brand new data layer never before available commercially — precise mapping of radio frequency emissions.
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| Funding |
$400M+ |
| Nation |
US |
| Created |
2015 |
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Own nanosats
to be launched |
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Last modified: 2024-06-09
