After its deployment in low Earth orbit onboard the D-Orbit ION OTV SCV-011 satellite on June 13, 2023, SpacePNT conducted several experiments to validate the technology. The tests confirmed the functionality of the radiation-tolerant technology, demonstrating multiple operational modes, including dual-antenna, and full in-flight reprogramming.
"Having successfully completed these in-orbit tests is a significant milestone for the company in achieving flight heritage and validating our products towards future missions, as well as to derisk the technology to serve additional markets," said SpacePNT co-founder and CEO, Cyril Botteron.
"This in-orbit technology demonstration, carried out within an ESA ARTES project, served two purposes: on one hand it validated the technology towards future LEO and Moon missions for which flight models have already been delivered to commercial and institutional partners; on the other hand, it derisked SpacePNT's product development roadmap.
In fact, the upcoming second-generation hardware platform reuses the same key radiation tolerant electronics components, repacked to enable a more cost-effective larger-scale manufacturing (targeting large telecom constellations) and it implements new functions to serve additional markets, for instance as Software Defined Radio platform for telecom and radar applications," added Botteron.
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