Kleos Space sign contract with Spaceflight Inc

Kleos Space is a space-powered radio-frequency reconnaissance data-as-a-service company.

They have signed a contract with Spaceflight Inc to carry and launch a cluster of Kleos satellites on the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch scheduled for mid-2021.

This launch will be the second cluster launched by Kleos.

It follows the expected launch of the Kleos Scouting Mission aboard the Indian Space Research Organisation’s PSLV C49 shortly.

Kleos Space: Trustworthy,cost-effective data product

Andy Bowyer, CEO of Kleos, said:

“Our vision is to deliver a trustworthy, cost-effective, reconnaissance data product with revisit rates that will help disrupt illegal activities, protect borders, and save lives.

The launch of the Polar Vigilance Mission means we take another step on that journey.

We will be collecting more data, over new areas opening additional markets whilst also providing a higher value product for our existing customer base.”

SpaceX, founded by Elon Musk, has developed a reusable rocket and launch system to significantly reduce the cost of space flight.

Spaceflight, a rideshare launch provider, has been engaged by Kleos for this launch aboard SpaceX Falcon 9.

Kleos has named this cluster the ‘Polar Vigilance’ Mission’.

This is a cluster of four satellites, launched into a 500km Sun Synchronous Orbit.

The Polar Vigilance Mission will enhance the company’s RF geolocation data delivered by the Kleos Scouting Mission.

They will cover areas North and South of the Scouting Mission’s 37-degree inclined orbit (Figure 1) in addition to increasing overall coverage time in the equatorial region.

Kleos Space’s objective is to own, launch, and operate up to 20 clusters of satellites creating a constellation that provides critical coverage for monitoring global events and key locations of interest.

The Kleos space business model is to create subscription-based revenues from the delivery of essential data to government and commercial entities around the globe.

Kleos will be the first company to fly clusters of four satellites to accurately detect and locate the usage of the RF spectrum by legitimate and illegitimate actors.

The data is collected and downlinked from the satellites then processed through the Company’s proprietary algorithms.

Once ‘packaged’ into data products and transferred to our licenced subscribers ‘as-a-service’, the same data can be sold an unlimited number of times creating annuity-type revenues.

Kleos’s data pricing, and accordingly its revenue, scale with the launch of additional clusters.

Indicative per-subscription revenue following the launch of both the Kleos Scouting Mission and the Polar Vigilance Mission is provided below:

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