BRO (Unseenlabs)

Credit: Unseenlabs

Unseenlabs is the world leader radio frequency (RF) data and solutions provider for Maritime Domain Awareness. Its unique technology allows the geolocation and characterization of any vessel at sea, at any time of the day or night, anywhere on the globe, and in any weather conditions. Unseenlabs provides its customers with high added value data and solutions to fight against illegal activities at sea. The ability to locate and monitor vessels is essential in the fight against pollution and illegal traffic and contributes to the safety on our oceans. The French start-up company was founded in June 2015 by Clement and Jonathan Galic and joined forces in 2017 with GomSpace ApS of Denmark to co-engineer and supply its first satellite platforms, in the CubeSat 6U6 format. The first Unseenlab nanosatellite was launched in 2019 and was the first step towards a constellation of satellites using advanced spectrum monitoring dedicated to a disruptive maritime surveillance service. Unseenlabs plans to deploy a constellation of 25 BRO (Breizh Reconnaissance Orbiter) nanosatellites by 2025. Most of these satellites are launched by Falcon 9 rockets of SpaceX. Unseenlabs is located in Rennes, France.

Satellite info

Nation: France
Company/operator: Unseenlabs
Platform/configuration: 6U CubeSat
Mass: 6 kg
Orbit: 400 km - 650 km Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Instruments:
  • RF-technology
Purpose: Maritime traffic, electromagnetic intelligence service, spectrum monitoring service
Launch vehicles: Electron, Vega, Falcon 9
Website: https://unseenlabs.space

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BRO satellites launch overview

Flight no. Date launch Rocket Launch base Orbit Satellites launched Patch Mission succes?
1 19/08/2019

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1
(New Zealand)
540 km BRO 1 Unseenlabs

Success

2 20/11/2020

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1
(New Zealand)
500 km BRO 2 Unseenlabs

Success

3 20/11/2020

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1
(New Zealand)
551 km BRO 3 Unseenlabs

Success

4 20/11/2020 Vega Kourou (French-Guyana) 540 km BRO 4 Unseenlabs

Success

5 13/01/2022

Cape Canaveral (USA) 540 km BRO 5 Unseenlabs

Success

6 04/04/2022

Cape Canaveral (USA) 540 km BRO 7 Unseenlabs

Success

7 02/05/2022

Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1
(New Zealand)
540 km BRO 6 Unseenlabs

Success

8 03/01/2023

Cape Canaveral (USA) 540 km BRO 8 Unseenlabs

Success

9 15/04/2023

Vandenberg Air Force Base (USA) 540 km BRO 9 Unseenlabs

Success

10 11/11/2022

Vandenberg Air Force Base (USA) 540 km BRO 10 Unseenlabs

Success

11 11/11/2022

Vandenberg Air Force Base (USA) 540 km BRO 11 Unseenlabs

Success

12 04/03/2024

Vandenberg Air Force Base (USA) 540 km BRO 12 Unseenlabs

Success

13 04/03/2024

Vandenberg Air Force Base (USA) 540 km BRO 13 Unseenlabs

Success

14 16/08/2024

Vandenberg Air Force Base (USA) 540 km BRO 14 Unseenlabs

Success

15 16/08/2024

Vandenberg Air Force Base (USA) 540 km BRO 15 Unseenlabs

Success

Images: Unseenlabs