Spire Global Plans Second Debris-Monitoring Satellite With Findus

Adler
Planned for launch in December, Adler-1 will carry radar and impact sensors for in-situ monitoring of orbital debris.
Credit: Austrian Space Forum
Spire Global is to build a second smallsat to monitor microdebris in low Earth orbit with funding from Austrian new-space investor Findus Venture. The Adler-2 satellite is planned for launch in the fourth quarter of 2022, to follow the Adler-1 cubesat scheduled for launch in December 2021. Based on...
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