Welcome to

NewSpace Index

Concise original overview of commercial satellite constellations,
small satellite rocket launchers and NewSpace funding options.
Sister websites www.nanosats.eu and www.factoriesinspace.com

BAE Systems (Azalea)

Constellation name	Azalea
Constellation field	Earth Observation, SAR, Optical, RF Geolocation
Constellation info	Known as Azalea™, the group of satellites will use a range of sensors to collect visual, radar and radio frequency (RF) data.
Constellation status	Prototype development
Launched satellites	0
Planned satellites	4
Form factor	Smallsat
Orbit	LEO
Manufacturer	In-house, In-Space Missions, ICEYE
First launch	2024
Notes	Following the acquisition of In-Space Missions last year, BAE Systems is one of a small number of British companies with the capability to design, build, launch and operate satellites.
Photos
Photo source	[1]

Logo
Company	BAE Systems
Funding	Yes, ?
Country	UK
Founded	1999
Social

Last modified: 2023-05-31

What is NewSpace?

NewSpace is a global industry of private companies and entrepreneurs who primarily target commercial customers, are backed by risk capital seeking a return, and seek to profit from innovative products or services developed in or for space.
NewSpace Global, newspaceglobal.com

Alt.space, NewSpace, entrepreneurial space, and other labels have been used to describe approaches to space development that different significantly from that taken by NASA and the mainstream aerospace industry.
Hobby Space, hobbyspace.com

People, businesses and organizations working to open the space frontier to human settlement through economic development.
Space Frontier Foundation, spacefrontier.org