HawkEye 360 launches Cluster 16 to collect signals and downlink data at once

The three-satellite cluster is designed for an unnamed customer's missions.

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Cluster 16 extends HawkEye 360's founding bet on commercial, unclassified RF intelligence through dedicated capacity for one customer.

HawkEye 360 launches Cluster 16 to collect signals and downlink data at once — The three-satellite cluster is designed for an unnamed customer's missions.

HawkEye 360's founders built the company around a gap in national-security intelligence: making radio-frequency signals available commercially in an unclassified form. On October 23rd, the Herndon, Virginia, company said in its Cluster 16 announcement that its latest three-satellite cluster had reached orbit with antenna technology designed to collect signals while sending mission data to the ground.…

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