NEW VIEWA 3D earth imaging company based in Orlando, Florida, has selected the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to develop a bus for its small satellite, Mr. SPoC, which will include a LiDAR.
Mr SPoC is intended to be a “pioneer small satellite” that would demonstrate the companies’ technology before building a LiDAR constellation they claim would be the first such constellation in the world.
NUVIEW stated in its press release that the LiDAR constellation “will provide continuously updated 3D elevation data for the entire land surface of the Earth using the company’s onboard laser scanning technology known as LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging).” They also said that their “space-based LiDAR will capture 3D surface measurements more efficiently and cost-effectively than traditional airborne methods, especially in remote areas, for applications related to the environment, agriculture, infrastructure, forestry, mapping, and archaeology.”
“NUVIEW is proud to announce our collaboration with the Space Flight Laboratory,” said NUVIEW CEO and co-founder Clint Graumann. “We have been working closely with Dr. Zee and the SFL team, and we are thrilled to report significant progress on the Mr. SPoC mission.”
“SFL is pleased to support the pioneering Mr. SPoC mission by providing a reliable, high-quality small satellite platform,” said SFL Director Dr. Robert E. Zee. “This mission will serve as a technology demonstration for the first-of-its-kind operational NUVIEW constellation that will perform high-resolution 3D global mapping with frequent revisions and updates.”
SFL has already been developed Seven small satellite platforms for a variety of mission types and is known for innovating in small satellite buses. Returning customers include GHGSat, which Recently Ordained two more SFL microsatellites for its greenhouse gas monitoring satellite constellation.
