Spire Seeks OK for 175-Satellite AIS/ASM Constellation
Earth-imaging company Spire is seeking FCC International Bureau OK for U.S. market access for its Luxembourg-licensed Minas low earth orbit satellites so they can become part of its FCC-licensed Lemur-2 constellation. In a bureau application Thursday, Spire said it plans…
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to launch up to 871 Minas satellites, though Lemur-2 and Minas satellites in the Lemur-2 system won't exceed 175 at any given time. It said its intent is creating a low-cost automatic identification system and application specific messages constellation serving such markets as shipping companies, harbor operators, vessel traffic service data providers and governments. It said the Minas satellites would operate in orbits of 385 to 650 kilometers and have orbital lifetimes of at most 21.8 years.