xSPANCION @ Nanosats Database

Name	xSPANCION
Type	CubeSat
Units or mass	6U
Organisation	AAC Clyde Space
Institution	Company
Entity	Commercial
Nation	UK
Manufacturer	AIVT by AAC Clyde Space
Operator	AAC Clyde Space
Costs	$12.1 million from the UK Space Agency together for the first and second phases.
Oneliner	Constellation as a service demonstration with 4 satellites to be launched and 10 built. Customers and payloads to be signed up.
Description	During the first phase of the project running until mid-2021, AAC Clyde Space will deliver a preliminary design for its next generation space as a service offering. Once the first phase is successfully completed, the project culminates in the manufacturing of 10 satellites and demonstration of 4 of them in orbit. In parallel and in anticipation to the second phase, AAC Clyde Space intends to enter into customer agreements for data delivery from its constellation services, bringing additional match co-fund to the project. AAC Clyde Space intends to raise additional funds for the project by signing up customers for constellation services. The project encompasses design of a satellite platform and production process, manufacturing, licensing, and launch co-ordination, as well as the development of new technologies for the future constellation, such as for propulsion, intersatellite links, safe and secure transmission of data and a customer interface.
Sources	[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Keywords	Hosted Payloads, Propulsion, Intersatellite links

Related Spacecraft

Name	Status	Launch	Orbit
xSPANCION 1	not launched	2024-12-31	not launched
xSPANCION 2	not launched	2024-12-31	not launched
xSPANCION 3	not launched	2024-12-31	not launched
xSPANCION 4	not launched	2024-12-31	not launched
xSPANCION 5	not launched	2026-12-31	not launched
xSPANCION 6	not launched	2026-12-31	not launched
xSPANCION 7	not launched	2026-12-31	not launched
xSPANCION 8	not launched	2026-12-31	not launched
xSPANCION 9	not launched	2026-12-31	not launched
xSPANCION 10	not launched	2026-12-31	not launched