Leo One Worldwide has selected Dasa's Dornier Satellitensysteme, Eurokot and Lockheed Martin Space Electronics to construct and launch its proposed 48 low-earth-orbiting satellites that will provide near real-time store and forward data services.
The agreements, valued at more than $400 million each, will involve Dornier Satellitensysteme, Eurokot and Lockheed Martin becoming equity partners in the project.
Eurokot will launch the constellation of 48 spacecraft from a new dedicated pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, complementing the Eurokot launch complex at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The number of satellites flying on each Eurokot, a modified former SS-19 ICBM missile with a Breeze M upper stage, is not yet decided.
Source: Flight International