{"id":5012,"date":"2025-07-15T15:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/aac-clyde-spaces-brio-completes-mission-through-planned-re-entry-after-six-years-in-orbit\/"},"modified":"2025-07-15T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T07:42:11","slug":"aac-clyde-spaces-brio-completes-mission-through-planned-re-entry-after-six-years-in-orbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/aac-clyde-spaces-brio-completes-mission-through-planned-re-entry-after-six-years-in-orbit\/","title":{"rendered":"AAC Clyde Space&#8217;s Brio Completes Mission Through Planned Re-entry After Six Years in Orbit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1752555694007_638881524960973134.png\" width=\"712\" height=\"387\" alt=\"AAC Clyde Space's Brio Completes Mission Through Planned Re-entry After Six Years in Orbit\" class=\"imageload removeImageattr\" data-original=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1752555694007_638881524960973134.png\" style=\"\"><meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.satnow.com\/news\/1752555694007_638881524960973134.png\"><meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"712\"><meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"387\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brio<\/strong>, a satellite developed and manufactured by <strong>AAC Clyde Space&#8217;s<\/strong> U.S. subsidiary AAC SpaceQuest, has completed its mission through a planned re-entry into Earth&#8217;s atmosphere. Launched on 4 December 2018, the satellite has remained in stable operation in low Earth orbit for more than six years. Brio was designed to serve as a platform for testing advanced, hosted electronics payloads for key clients, including testing of AAC Clyde Space&#8217;s own new state-of-the-art AIS receivers, which are used in the maritime domain for vessel data collection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget-layout related-content-also-read-box my-3\">\n<h4 class=\"mb-0\">Also Read: What are Satellite Payloads?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We are pleased to mark the successful completion of a full satellite lifecycle. With over six years of uninterrupted performance in orbit, Brio stands as clear evidence of our technical resilience and our responsibility as a satellite operator,&#8221; said <strong>Luis Gomes<\/strong><strong>, CEO of AAC Clyde Space<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The re-entry proceeded entirely according to plan, highlighting the importance of managing every phase of a satellite&#8217;s lifecycle &#8211; from development and operations to de-orbiting. As Brio re-entered Earth&#8217;s atmosphere, it burned up completely, leaving virtually no debris behind. The fact that the satellite remained fully functional and continued delivering data until the very end is a testament to a highly successful mission.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>AAC Clyde Space&#8217;s Satellite Fleet (July 2025)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AAC Clyde Space<\/strong>&#8216;s satellite fleet is growing in step with the increasing demand for space-based intelligence. In Q4 2025, the launch of VIREON-1 is planned &#8211; the first in a new four-satellite constellation for Earth Observation. They operate their satellite constellations and deliver high-quality, decision-ready data through services focused on Maritime Intelligence and Earth Observation. Our data powers applications across five key sectors: maritime, forestry, agriculture, weather, and security and defence. Following Brio&#8217;s de-orbit, AAC Clyde Space operates nine commercial satellites currently in orbit, two of which are in commissioning and expected to become fully operational shortly. These are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>APRIZESAT-8<\/li>\n<li>APRIZESAT-10<\/li>\n<li>EPICHyper-1 \/ Dragonette-001<\/li>\n<li>EPICHyper-2 \/ Dragonette-002<\/li>\n<li>EPICHyper-3 \/ Dragonette-003<\/li>\n<li>Sedna 1 (in commissioning)<\/li>\n<li>Sedna 2 (in commissioning)<\/li>\n<li>Thea<\/li>\n<li>Ymir-1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brio, a satellite developed and manufactured by AAC Clyde Space&#8217;s U.S. subsidiary AAC SpaceQuest, has completed its mission through a planned re-entry into Earth&#8217;s atmosphere. Launched on 4 December 2018, the satellite has remained in stable operation in low Earth orbit for more than six years. Brio was designed to serve as a platform for [&hellip;]<\/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":[26,25,20],"class_list":["post-5012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012"}],"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=5012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}