Session
Poster Session 3
Location
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Abstract
NearSpace Launch (NSL) has developed and flown both multipoint sensor constellations and hosted-payload smallsat constellations since 2014, supporting missions for educational, commercial, and government partners. These missions enable distributed, multipoint sensing by combining compact sensor suites with persistent, low-latency satellite links and a common, time-ordered data architecture suitable for constellation operations. Recent flight heritage includes 24/7 space-to-Internet communications and rapid Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP) telemetry acquisition to support early identification, commissioning, and anomaly response. Most recently, the Space Power and Energy Advanced Reconnaissance (SPEAR-1) constellation demonstrated this multipoint architecture while maturing advanced power-generation and energy-storage technologies relevant to spacecraft performance and operational resilience. The mission approach pairs hosted-payload capability with scalable constellation buses to enable rapid iteration, TRL advancement, and high-tempo flight learning.
Document Type
Event
Included in
Multipoint Sensor Constellations Demonstrated on SPEAR-1 Using RadStar, Black Box, and FastBus+
Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT
NearSpace Launch (NSL) has developed and flown both multipoint sensor constellations and hosted-payload smallsat constellations since 2014, supporting missions for educational, commercial, and government partners. These missions enable distributed, multipoint sensing by combining compact sensor suites with persistent, low-latency satellite links and a common, time-ordered data architecture suitable for constellation operations. Recent flight heritage includes 24/7 space-to-Internet communications and rapid Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP) telemetry acquisition to support early identification, commissioning, and anomaly response. Most recently, the Space Power and Energy Advanced Reconnaissance (SPEAR-1) constellation demonstrated this multipoint architecture while maturing advanced power-generation and energy-storage technologies relevant to spacecraft performance and operational resilience. The mission approach pairs hosted-payload capability with scalable constellation buses to enable rapid iteration, TRL advancement, and high-tempo flight learning.
