Sidus Space Inc (NASDAQ:SIDU) announced that it will host a star tracker developed by SOLAR MEMS on its fourth planned LizzieSat mission, currently scheduled to launch with SpaceX in June 2024.
The Space and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company said it will host the Star Tracker as a part of its payload rideshare program, which is available for customers to launch and test their own technology aboard Sidus’ satellites.
“Sidus is pleased to be selected by SOLAR MEMS as a trusted mission partner to host its Star Tracker, which uses the highest level of technological innovation to determine constellation locations,” Sidus Space CEO Carol Craig said in a statement.
“Including SOLAR MEMS Star Tracker in our payload rideshare program is a natural fit with our emerging high-margin, recurring revenue, DaaS business, and we look forward to collaborating with SOLAR MEMS on this project,” Craig added.
Sidus Space noted that as a part of the program, it will provide space aboard its LizzieSat satellite, along with launch support, testing, and the ability to conduct experiments over the expected five-year timeline of the mission, with the goal of evaluating the Star Tracker’s capabilities for the broader satellite sensor market.
It added that star trackers are used to determine a satellite’s orientation and position in space.
The Star Tracker from SOLAR MEMS is autonomous and will be used to capture images of star constellations to help determine the accuracy of star locations and use that information to determine the satellite's orientation with respect to the Earth, according to the company.
Sidus Space is a Space and Defense-as-a-Service satellite company focused on mission-critical hardware manufacturing; multi-disciplinary engineering services; satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations; and in-orbit support.
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