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Concise original overview of commercial satellite constellations,
small satellite rocket launchers and NewSpace funding options.
Sister websites www.nanosats.eu and www.factoriesinspace.com

LaserFleet

Constellation area Internet, Laser Communications
Constellation info

Provide reliable 1 Gbps communication rates to aircraft at altitude. Higher effective data rate at a lower cost than the best-in-class Ku/Ka/V.
Constellation status Cancelled?
Launched satellites 2
Planned satellites 288
Spacecraft type CubeSat
Manufacturer Spacety, ?
First launch 2018
Photos LaserFleet
Photo source [1]
 
Logo LaserFleet logo
Company name LaserFleet (Shenzhen Hangxing Optical Space Technology)
Oneliner

Operator of LEO constellation of communication satellites. It launches the LEO (low-earth orbit) constellation of communication satellites for enabling communication between high-speed Internet access to stratospheric aircraft, tethered balloons, sub-orbiting space crafts, space stations, and micro-satellites.
Funding $2M?
Nation China
Established 2017
 
 
Own nanosats
launched
Hosted payload on
launched nanosats

Last modified: 2023-01-03

What is NewSpace?

NewSpace is a global industry of private companies and entrepreneurs who primarily target commercial customers, are backed by risk capital seeking a return, and seek to profit from innovative products or services developed in or for space.

NewSpace Global, newspaceglobal.com

Alt.space, NewSpace, entrepreneurial space, and other labels have been used to describe approaches to space development that different significantly from that taken by NASA and the mainstream aerospace industry.

Hobby Space, hobbyspace.com

People, businesses and organizations working to open the space frontier to human settlement through economic development.

Space Frontier Foundation, spacefrontier.org