Austria military’s first satellite will hunt for GPS, Galileo interference
The European Space Agency also is kicking in funds for the BEACONSAT, being developed by Austrian startup GATE Space.
The European Space Agency also is kicking in funds for the BEACONSAT, being developed by Austrian startup GATE Space.
Dan Ceperley, the company's chief operating officer, told Breaking Defense that VLEO — typically defined as between 150 and 350 kilometers in altitude — is increasingly being used, including by Russia and China.
Under a new grant, the company will demonstrate to the Air Force's National Air and Space Intelligence Center its ability to take very high resolution images at night using a thermal infrared sensor.