Kleos Space launches Scouting Mission satellites

Kleos Space, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, announced the successful deployment of its Scouting Mission satellites (KSM1)  following the launch on India’s Space Research Organisation’s (ISROs) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C49 from Chennai, India. The in-orbit commissioning phase now commences to prepare the satellites to collect data over crucial areas of interest such as Strait of Hormuz, South China Sea, East/West Africa, Southern Sea of Japan, northern Australian coast and the Timor Sea. Kleos has secured over 100 worldwide active B2G and B2B opportunities across its pipeline in international jurisdictions including the USA, UK, Latin America, Middle East, South Pacific and Australia, representing significant annual revenue following launch and commissioning. (IMAGE: Kleos) Kleos CEO Andy Bowyer said, “this launch marks an important milestone for Kleos to start delivering our commercial and independent data to government agencies, the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) community and organisations interested in locating threats, assets or those in need of search and rescue. I would like to thank the entire team at Kleos Space, GomSpace, ISRO and Space Flight as they have gone above and beyond the call of duty to get our Scouting satellites launched in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. Additionally I would like to thank the wider team around us, we have an incredible group of shareholders, stakeholders and partners who have been on this journey with us, and I look forward to working with them as we now grow.” While the first cluster is in orbit, Kleos remains focused on securing additional government and commercial contracts and is on track to generate first revenues in the coming months. The development of Kleos’ second cluster of satellites (KSF1), is already underway and subsequent to an initial review is expected to pass PDR within the next week.  This activity is on track to have satellites procured, assembled and integrated for the mid 2021 launch slot. This second mission will be named Polar Vigilance Mission and is a cluster of four satellites, launching into a Sun Synchronous Orbit. The Polar Vigilance Mission will enhance the company’s RF geolocation data delivered by the Kleos Scouting Mission by covering areas North and South of the Scouting Mission 37-degree inclined orbit in addition to increasing overall coverage time in the equatorial region and increasing revenues. For Editorial Inquiries Contact: Editor Kym Bergmann at [email protected] For Advertising Inquiries Contact: Director of Sales Graham Joss at [email protected]