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- Space tech company Kleos Space (KSS) has released its Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) schedule for the Saturday’s Scouting Mission launch
- The four Scouting Mission nanosatellites will aim to uncover banned maritime activity such as illegal fishing, trafficking and smuggling
- The LEOP is an important part of the mission as it covers the launch, deployment and orbit commissions
- While this week’s launch is also long-anticipated, as it was first planned to take place back in March before being delayed due to COVID-19
- On market close, Kleos is up a strong 34.4 per cent and is trading for 88 cents per share
Kleos Space (KSS) has released its Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) schedule for the launch of its Scouting Mission on Saturday, November 7.
KSS operates as a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company.
It’ll launch four Scouting Mission nanosatellites, which were completed by its team in India, later this week.
Specifically, the Saturday launch is scheduled to take place at 3:02 pm IST (8:32 pm AEDT) at India’s Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
The Scouting Satellites aim to uncover banned maritime activity such as illegal fishing, trafficking and smuggling in areas such as the South China Sea and the African Coast.
The LEOP is an important part of the mission as it covers the launch, deployment and orbit commissions which are handed to the Mission Operations Team. This team then enacts day to day operations and data generation activities.
During the LEOP, the Mission Commissioning Team will activate, monitor and control the satellite subsystems.
Activities include establishing uplink and downlink, detumbling, software
verification, antenna deployment, payload verification and manoeuvring to position the four satellites cluster into its operational orbit and formation.
The launch was initially scheduled to take place in March this, however, there were significant delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On market close, Kleos Space is up a strong 34.4 per cent and is trading for 88 cents per share.
