{"id":5846,"date":"2025-03-25T00:08:03","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/gomspaces-iod-1-satellite-launched-for-starticals-global-air-traffic-connectivity\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T00:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T16:08:03","slug":"gomspaces-iod-1-satellite-launched-for-starticals-global-air-traffic-connectivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/gomspaces-iod-1-satellite-launched-for-starticals-global-air-traffic-connectivity\/","title":{"rendered":"GomSpace’s IOD-1 Satellite Launched for Startical\u2019s Global Air Traffic Connectivity"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GomSpace's<\/p>\n

The \u201cIOD-1\u201d satellite built by GomSpace for Startical has been launched into space from California on SpaceX Falcon 9, Transporter-13, and started its commissioning and demonstration activities.<\/p>\n

With the satellite, Startical is taking its first steps in space towards its vision of deploying a global constellation of small satellites to provide continuous real-time communication with aircraft over oceanic or unpopulated areas where no such services are in operation. This includes areas such as e.g. the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctics.<\/p>\n

Such a constellation will significantly contribute to aviation safety, security, efficiency, and emission reductions of at least 13 million tons per year when fully deployed (equivalent to total annual emissions from a country like Slovenia).<\/p>\n

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The 25 kg satellite and its novel VHF communication payload are developed and delivered by GomSpace in close collaboration with Startical. Once in space, the satellite will deploy its 3-meter-long antenna enabling direct communication with aircraft.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are super excited to see IOD-1 go into space today! And we thank GomSpace for their dedication and constructive collaboration to reach this goal. We look forward to continuing our close collaboration during the test and demonstration activities,\u201d<\/em> said Juan Enrique Gonz\u00e1lez Laguna, General Manager of Startical.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mission control center solution, also delivered by GomSpace, is deployed in Madrid and will be used to manage the test and demonstration activities that primarily will be conducted in the Gran Canarian airspace.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are proud to enable Startical to launch this exciting mission that will make a big impact on the future of aviation,\u201d<\/em> said Oliver Schiewe, Vice President of the Programs Business Unit at GomSpace.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mission is the first-of-its-kind demonstration of operational space-based air traffic control under the umbrella of the ECHOES project, co-funded by the European Union\u2019s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) managed by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) and supported by SESAR Joint Undertaking.<\/p>\n

The industrial cross-border collaboration demonstrated in this project is a good example of European collaborative innovation leading to new strengths in space during challenging times.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The \u201cIOD-1\u201d satellite built by GomSpace for Startical has been launched into space from California on SpaceX Falcon 9, Transporter-13, and started its commissioning and demonstration activities. With the satellite, Startical is taking its first steps in space towards its vision of deploying a global constellation of small satellites to provide continuous real-time communication with […]<\/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":[25,20],"class_list":["post-5846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-launch","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846"}],"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=5846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}