Radix is currently inside the Cygnus capsule which is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station on Thursday, May 24. After docking, the astronauts will unpack the Cygnus capsule and later prep for payload deployments from the ISS airlock. Once deployed, Radix will power on and establish communication with the ground. Thereafter begins the ASI team's checkout and calibration activities in the lead-up to a demonstration of the optical communication terminal and RF crosslinks with beta tester satellites.
Justin Oliveira, CEO and Co-Founder, said, "Radix is our pathfinder satellite for the data relay service we are building in LEO. The testing we do on this satellite will help us de-risk and refine the design of our future operational satellites, which will unlock significant on-orbit data offload capacity for our customers."
On the potential impact of ASI’s data relay network, Dan Nevius, COO and Co-Founder, remarked, “as we add satellites to the network we’ll be able to significantly increase the utilization of existing and future remote sensing satellites and decrease the the time between data collection in orbit and analysis on the ground. We’re excited to enable missions with higher data generation rates that translate into data products with higher spatial, spectral or temporal resolutions or novel low-latency applications, all of which lead to more actionable insights for use across industry, government and research applications around the globe.”
Justin added, "I’m very proud of the Analytical Space team. In two years, we've gone from company incorporation to having a satellite in orbit that is advancing the state-of-the-art. I’m grateful for the team’s hard work and determination, as well as the incredible support we’ve gotten from our investors, advisors and partners.”
