The rideshare service provider will launch 14 customer satellites from

four different organizations on the next three launches

SEATTLE – Oct. 21, 2019 – Spaceflight, the leading satellite rideshare and mission management provider, today announced it will launch 14 more spacecraft from India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) this year. Payloads will launch on PSLV’s C47, C48 and C49 missions, scheduled to launch in November and December 2019 from India’s Satish Dhawan Space Center. Customers aboard the missions include Analytical Space, Spire, iQPS and Kleos Space.

Analytical Space Inc.’s (ASI) second technical demonstration spacecraft, dubbed Meshbed, will be launching on PSLV C47 in November. ASI’s mission is an on-orbit demonstration intended to test technology that will enable users on Earth to gain faster access to satellite data. The spacecraft features a patented antenna from MITRE that could help enable faster access to space-based data, as well as government missions including tactical communications and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

PSLV C48, slated for early December, will carry Japan’s iQPS SAR microsatellite and four multi-payload Earth observation nanosatellites that add to Spire Global’s constellation of maritime, aviation and weather monitoring satellites. PSLV C49, also scheduled in December, will take Luxembourg-based Kleos’ Scouting Mission satellites, the foundational system in the company’s radio frequency monitoring constellation, and additional Spire nanosats to orbit.

“PSLV continues to be a reliable launch

partner for us, enabling Spaceflight to launch a variety of customers,” said

Curt Blake, CEO and president of Spaceflight. “By the end of 2019, we will have

executed 11 launches on PSLVs and sent more than 100 satellites to orbit on

this vehicle. The consistency of the PSLV has played a critical role is

assisting our customers, especially those launching constellations, achieve

their mission and business goals.”

The company’s last mission aboard this launch

vehicle was PSLV C45 which deployed 21 rideshare spacecraft earlier this year.

Spaceflight has completed five missions already this year, with another five

planned in 2019. Other noteworthy 2019 missions include Spaceflight’s GTO-1,

which deployed the first commercial lunar lander aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9, and

two rideshare missions with Rocket Lab, which sent nine spacecraft to orbit. In

December 2018, SSO-A, the company’s historic dedicated rideshare mission,

successfully launched 64 unique smallsats, making it the single largest

deployment of satellites from a U.S.-based launch vehicle.

Spaceflight also recently announced its

purchase of the first commercial launch of the Small Satellite Launch Vehicle

(SSLV) from NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), scheduled for early 2020.

About

Spaceflight

Spaceflight is revolutionizing the business of

spaceflight by delivering a new model for accessing space. A comprehensive

launch services and mission management provider, the company provides a

straightforward and cost-effective suite of products and services including

state-of-the-art satellite infrastructure and rideshare launch offerings that

enable commercial and government entities to achieve their mission goals on

time and on budget. A service offering of Spaceflight Industries in Seattle,

Wash., Spaceflight provides its services through a global network of partners

and launch vehicles, including the Falcon 9, Antares, Electron, Vega, Soyuz,

PSLV, SSLV, and LauncherOne. For more information, visit

http://www.spaceflight.com.

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Spaceflight PR contact:

Christie Melby,

Communiqué PR

Christine@CommuniquePR.com