HawkEye 360 Inc. uses formation-flying satellites to create a new class of radio frequency (RF) data and data analytics.
Cluster 2 — the company’s second cluster composed of three satellites — has successfully been deployed into orbit. Cluster 2 follows the company’s first Pathfinder cluster of satellites, launched two years ago, but is significantly more powerful. The new satellites can process data at a faster rate — leading to increased geolocations with an even greater degree of accuracy — and are equipped with new software-defined radios (SDR) that can simultaneously collect a wide range of frequencies.
HawkEye 360 will launch five additional clusters over the next 18 months (15 satellites) to establish a initial baseline constellation. Once launched, the company’s constellation will provide a global revisit rate of less than an hour to support time-sensitive monitoring of active and developing situations.
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