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Australian Internet of Things (IoT) startup Fleet Space Technologies has announced their launch plans for the first of two smallsats, Centauri I and II, in 2018.
The first of Fleet Space Technologies’ nanosatellites is under contract to launch with Spaceflight aboard an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) by Antrix/ISRO. Fleet Space Technologies’ second smallsat will launch on Spaceflight’s SSO-A mission; Spaceflight has a contract to launch a collection of smallsats on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force Base no earlier than the second half of 2018.
Fleet Space Technologies is developing nanosatellite technology (satellites weighing less than 10 kg., roughly the size of a shoebox) in partnership with some of the world’s leading aerospace engineers. The company’s first satellite will establish a global network that will connect the world’s sensors and devices at no cost. According to the company, just one satellite has the ability to cover 90 percent of the Earth.