FCC Approves Sidus Space Remote Sensing Satellite Micro Constellation License
Company Plans to Expand its Footprint in Low Earth Orbit
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a license allowing Sidus Space to operate a micro constellation of remote sensing, multi-mission satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
“This key FCC approval ... allows us to further expand our on-orbit presence."
Carol Craig, Sidus Space
This key regulatory milestone marks a significant step in Sidus Space's on-orbit expansion plans and reinforces its strategic commitment to enabling new missions and delivering flexible, cost-effective data acquisition solutions through its innovative data-as-a-service model. Sidus owns the data collected by LizzieSat Sidus sensors for all missions, providing customers with a distinct advantage in accessing valuable data streams.
The FCC’s approval covers LizzieSat 2-5, further permitting Sidus Space to expand its footprint in orbit beyond the successful LizzieSat-1 mission. This achievement aligns with Sidus Space's long-term strategy to position itself as a space mission enabler and to deliver enhanced situational awareness to government, defense, intelligence and commercial sectors worldwide.
“This key FCC approval ... allows us to further expand our on-orbit presence and offer our customers a seamless combination of hosted payload capabilities and data services,” said Carol Craig, Founder and CEO of Sidus Space. “This milestone underscores the value of our data-as-a-service model, providing clients not only with payload hosting and on-orbit AI enhanced processing, but also with continuous data streams to meet their operational needs. Additionally, with Sidus’ ownership of the data collected by our LizzieSat sensors, we offer a unique proposition for customers looking for comprehensive and reliable data solutions.”
As part of the LizzieSat 2 and 3 missions, Sidus Space will host the HEO’s Holmes Imager payload, which will take resolved images of satellites and space debris in-orbit. In addition to hosting the payload, Sidus will provide ongoing monthly data services to HEO.
The FCC approval represents a major advancement for Sidus Space as it continues to grow its on orbit presence and to enhance its ability to serve a wide range of industries with expanded real-time, space-based data services.