{"id":1872,"date":"2026-03-06T15:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/sidus-space-achieves-imaging-milestone-with-heo-usa-nei-camera-on-lizziesat-3\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T15:24:26","slug":"sidus-space-achieves-imaging-milestone-with-heo-usa-nei-camera-on-lizziesat-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/sidus-space-achieves-imaging-milestone-with-heo-usa-nei-camera-on-lizziesat-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidus Space Achieves Imaging Milestone with HEO USA NEI Camera on LizzieSat-3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sidus Space<\/strong>, an innovative space and defense technology company, and HEO USA<\/strong>, a leading provider of non-Earth imaging (NEI) and analytics, announced the successful receipt of a series of on-orbit images from HEO USA’s NEI camera aboard Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-3 (LS-3).<\/p>\n

The on-orbit imagery, taken over Victoria, Australia, was captured using HEO USA’s Holmes Mk1, which is designed to collect space-based imagery of resident space objects, supporting applications across space domain awareness, satellite operations, and national security.<\/p>\n

“This milestone demonstrates our ability to increase U.S.-based system capacity while delivering innovative space domain awareness capabilities to the market” <\/em>said <\/strong>Nate Notargiacomo<\/strong>, Head of HEO USA<\/strong>. “The congested and contested nature of today’s space environment demands high-quality, responsive solutions. Operating under U.S. license, we’re expanding our on-orbit sensor network to provide exceptional value for our government and commercial customers.”<\/p>\n

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Also Read: What is LizzieSat Constellation?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-3 platform has provided stable and reliable hosting for the HEO USA payload. Earlier bus-level commissioning validated essential spacecraft subsystems, including avionics, power, communications, and on-orbit guidance, navigation, and control performance, alongside FeatherEdge and AIS sensing capabilities. These combined achievements confirm LS-3’s readiness to deliver integrated, multi-sensor intelligence from orbit.<\/p>\n

“Successfully acquiring imagery from the HEO payload is a strong validation of LizzieSat-3’s integrated sensor performance providing sub-5-meter resolution and our ability to support sophisticated, mission-critical technologies in orbit,” <\/em>said Patrick Butler<\/strong>, EVP, Engineering and Programs at Sidus Space. “This milestone confirms the stability of the spacecraft following bus-level commissioning and demonstrates the value LizzieSat-3 brings to our partners as we begin delivering on our subscription data service contract with HEO and advance toward full operational capability.”<\/p>\n

LizzieSat-3 builds upon Sidus Space’s flight-proven LizzieSat platform<\/strong> and incorporates advanced manufacturing and system design techniques, including hybrid 3D-printed structural components, AI-enhanced onboard processing, and modular payload integration. The spacecraft is designed to support a wide range of Earth observation and data-driven missions, offering scalable and responsive solutions for commercial, government, and defense customers.<\/p>\n

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As commissioning continues, HEO USA will proceed with sensor calibration and image optimization while Sidus will proceed with software updates ahead of full multi-mission activation. Data obtained during this phase will be used to further refine on-orbit performance and support customer mission objectives. In 2024, HEO USA became the first company to receive NOAA approval to fly its Holmes cameras as hosted payloads on U.S.-flagged spacecraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sidus Space, an innovative space and defense technology company, and HEO USA, a leading provider of non-Earth imaging (NEI) and analytics, announced the successful receipt of a series of on-orbit images from HEO USA’s NEI camera aboard Sidus Space’s LizzieSat-3 (LS-3). The on-orbit imagery, taken over Victoria, Australia, was captured using HEO USA’s Holmes Mk1, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[41,26,20],"class_list":["post-1872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-defense","tag-ground","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}