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ASX-listed Kleos Space SA has just launched a new product that will exclusively tailor its radio frequency reconnaissance data to individual customers.
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The Luxembourg-based company provides space-powered RF data to government and commercial customers that are observing regions of interest for defence and security purposes through its Data-as-a-Service model (DaaS).
Now, Kleos is offering Mission-as-a-Service (MaaS) capabilities.
“Kleos is diversifying its business model,” the company said in a statement on Monday. The new service will provide “customers with exclusive access to Kleos’ dedicated, in-orbit radio frequency reconnaissance satellite clusters for fixed periods of time and capacity”.
Unlike its DaaS business model that gives multiple customers access to the same dataset, the MaaS will be tailored to “meet the need of specific ISR [intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance] requirements of an individual customer mission,” according to CEO Andy Boyer.
“Our discussions with government departments, national security agencies and commercial entities have highlighted a growing need for a dedicated mission capability. Our new Mission-as-a-Service offering delivers that capability to customers.
“As our constellation grows, we will offer a combination of DaaS datasets and MaaS offering reflecting the balance of needs between the commercial and non-commercial customer we have witnessed developing over the last few years.”
Each contract will be tailored to suit the customer’s needs, including the percent of satellite capacity needed, level of taskability required and corresponding data rights, according to Kleos.
The additional product is set to complement its DaaS business model, the company said.
According to SpaceNews, the MaaS is expected to have a higher price tag compared to DaaS which relies on higher volumes to offset lower contract values
On 1 April, the company’s third satellite cluster, dubbed the Patrol Mission, launched to space onboard SpaceX’s Transporter-4 mission from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
Kleos said in an update on 14 April that the first two satellites were deployed from Italian company D-Orbit’s orbital transfer vehicle, and the remaining ones are set to be positioned in a different orbit in the coming weeks to establish their final formation.
The launch of the Patrol Mission satellites into 500-kilometre sun-synchronous orbit has boosted Kleos’ constellations to 12. Kleos is targeting a constellation of 20 satellites,
The cluster increases Kleos’ global data coverage capacity by 253 million square kilometres per day, and this enables the geolocation of X-band radar transmissions in the 8500-9600 MHz range.
The satellites will also revisit key areas of interest for the customer more frequently, improving overall coverage.
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