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RATON, Fla., May 2, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- Terran Orbital Corporation (NYSE: LLAP), a global
leader in satellite solutions, primarily serving the United States aerospace and defense
industry, today announced it shipped two next-generation satellites
from GeoOptics, a global leader in remote Earth observation. Terran
shipped the vehicles to Cape
Canaveral for launch on SpaceX's Transporter-5 mission.
The spacecraft are the first phase of GeoOptics's CICERO-2
constellation, which form a unified Earth observatory allowing
governments, industry, and individual stakeholders to monitor and
prepare for the many impacts of climate change.
GeoOptics's first generation satellites were designed and
developed by Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, a Terran Orbital
Corporation. These new satellites have been fully developed
by Terran Orbital's international arm, Tyvak International. The
spacecrafts are 6U XXL and based on the Phoenix Avionics, entirely
designed and developed in Italy.
GeoOptics's payload is a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
Radio Occultation (RO) system, which is a miniaturized version of
the NASA/JPL developed "TriG" payload, named Cion.
"Terran Orbital is delighted to provide the satellites enabling
GeoOptics to observe the Earth's atmosphere, surface, and
subsurface," said Terran Orbital Co-Founder, Chairman, and Chief
Executive Officer Marc Bell. "There
is an increasingly urgent need for actionable information about the
state of our planet and the impacts of human activity on our
climate. Terran Orbital looks forward to working with GeoOptics to
continue providing this data."
"The CICERO-2 satellites will provide new accurate, sustainable
Earth monitoring on a significantly faster cadence so that
governments, companies, and individuals can prepare for the impact
of climate change," said GeoOptics Chief Executive Officer
Alex Saltman. "Our expanded
partnership with Terran Orbital is critical in delivering these
advanced capabilities to customers across the globe."
About Terran Orbital
Terran Orbital is the leading
manufacturer of small satellites primarily serving the United
States aerospace and defense industry. Terran Orbital provides
end-to-end satellite solutions by combining satellite design,
production, launch planning, mission operations, and in-orbit
support to meet the needs of the most demanding military, civil,
and commercial customers. Learn more
at www.terranorbital.com.
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