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SpaceLink + Gilmour Space Sign MoU To Integrate Relay Network Tech Into Smallsats

April 16, 2021 by editorial

SpaceLink and Gilmour Space have executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore opportunities to incorporate the SpaceLink relay network for communications on Gilmour’s next generation, smallsat platform and to also integrate Gilmour-built satellites into the SpaceLink network. 

The SpaceLink relay service provides secure, continuous, high-capacity communications between LEO spacecraft and the ground. Based on today’s technology advances, it provides unprecedented capacity for tasking, data download, and a variety of other communications requirements, and helps close the business case for operators of small satellites, EO companies, commercial space stations, and satellite servicers and tugs.

Pictured: Dr. Ben Greene, CEO of Electro Optic Systems (EOS), and Adam Gilmour, CEO of Gilmour Space, finalize the MOU with a handshake. EOS is a strategic investor in SpaceLink and supports the company with advanced optical communications technology.

Gilmour Space is developing new launch vehicles powered by lower-cost and safer hybrid propulsion technologies and is introducing a specialized ‘G-class’ satellite bus for next-generation space systems. The company’s Eris orbital rocket is making it easier for smallsat operators to find affordable and reliable launches into LEO beginning in 2022.

The MOU provides for the companies to ensure the compatibility of SpaceLink communications terminals with the Gilmour space platform and to share technical and business information to support Gilmour’s implementation of SpaceLink’s communications services and extend the communications capabilities to Gilmour’s customers. The goal of the agreement is to negotiate a definitive contract, and explore further contracts for launch services later this year.

“We see the signing of this MOU as a strong endorsement of the business plans of both SpaceLink and Gilmour Space,” said Ben Greene, Chairman and CEO of Electro Optic Systems, the key strategic investor in SpaceLink. “SpaceLink looks forward to working with Gilmour Space on a definitive contract later this year.”

“We are very excited to be working closely with another leading space and defence company to enhance our small satellite and launch capabilities,” said Adam Gilmour, CEO of Gilmour Space. “The SpaceLink relay service has the potential to bring real time, high-capacity communications capability to our satellite customers.”

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