AAC SpaceQuest (also known as SpaceQuest, Ltd.), a wholly owned subsidiary of AAC Clyde Space,[1] is a spacecraft components and engineering company located in Fairfax, Virginia, which focuses on the operations of small satellites.
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | spacecraft, engineering, computer hardware, consulting ground systems |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Fairfax, Virginia, USA |
| Products | spacecraft and spacecraft components |
| Parent | AAC Clyde Space |
| Website | www.spacequest.com |
The company designs, develops, constructs, launches, and operates microsatellites and spacecraft components. SpaceQuest qualifies its components for use in space by flying them on its own satellites. They also operate a fleet of low earth orbiting satellites, which are used for remote monitoring as well as tracking the location and status of large vessels at sea.[2][needs update][independent source needed]
SpaceQuest's customers include US and foreign universities, NASA, the US Air Force, the Canadian Space Agency, commercial aerospace companies, and foreign developers of microsatellites.[2][3][independent source needed] Some of their projects include:
- FalconSAT 3 & 5, satellites developed by cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
- AprizeSat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 commercial communications satellites for SpaceQuest[4]
- ExactView 6,7
- AO-51, amateur radio satellite.[citation needed]
- Genesis I and Genesis II, inflatable space habitats Bigelow Aerospace.[citation needed]
- Thea and Brio, launched in December 2018 on Spaceflight's SSO-A mission, a pair of 3U cubesats hosting experimental payloads for commercial customers.[5]
On October 15, 2020, AAC Clyde Space announced that an agreement had been reached to acquire all shares in SpaceQuest Ltd. The acquisition was completed in December 2020. [6]
References
edit- ^ https://www.aac-clyde.space/who-we-are/our-brands/aac-spacequest
- ^ a b "Success Stories". SpaceQuest.com. Archived from the original on 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
- ^ "SpaceQuest to Develop Bus for US Air Force Academy's Falconsat-3 and FalconSat-5 Missions" (PDF) (Press release). SpaceQuest.com. 2003-08-15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2007-07-03.
- ^ "AprizeSat". astronautix.com. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ^ "January 2019". SpaceQuest Ltd. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
- ^ "AAC Clyde Space completes acquisition of U.S SpaceQuest". aac-clyde.space. 2020-12-30. Retrieved 2023-01-12.