Unseenlabs Will Launch Fourth Satellite BRO-4

  • Category

    Launches
  • Publication date

    Aug 10, 2021

A view of Earth from space, showing a glowing horizon with city lights visible on the darkened landmasses. In the foreground, a circular mission patch for Unseenlabs' "Mission BRO-4" is prominently displayed. The patch features a stylized rocket launch within a black, red, and yellow design, surrounded by the Latin phrase "PAENULTIMUM FINEM COMMOVERE." The deep blue star-filled space serves as the backdrop.

France, Rennes – August 10, 2021

This unprecedented, all-European collaboration will materialize in mid-August from Arianespace’s launch complex in Kourou, French Guiana, with the liftoff of a VEGA launcher (Flight VV19) with BRO-4 on board. This fourth satellite in orbit will expand the Unseenlabs constellation, which has been operational since the launch of BRO-1 in August 2019.

After working with an American partner (Rocket Lab) for its two previous launches in 2019 and 2020, Unseenlabs, the European leader in ship geolocation by intercepting radio frequency signals from space, is now working with European’s Arianespace group for the BRO-4 mission. This first collaboration shows how two European space companies, a large group on the one hand and a leader in newspace on the other, can make a significant contribution to Europe’s sovereignty in this field.

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