Satellite operator Promethee has contracted mission integrator NanoAvionics to build the first smallsat for the French company's planned constellation of Earth Observation (EO) smallsats and image analysis platform. "ProtoMethee-1" will be based.on NanoAvionics' flight-proven 16U nanosatellite bus, M16P.In addition to the satellite with onboard camera and propulsion, NanoAvionics will also provide Promethee with full mission services - testing, integration, launch, licensing, and initial satellite operations. The "ProtoMethee-1" satellite is intended to be launched toward the end of 2023 into LEO. The company's service demonstrator will be based on a high revisit rate constellation (20 times more passes per day) and offering hyper-reactivity through inter-constellation connectivity.The aim of France's Promethee, located in Paris and Toulouse, is to bring less expensive space applications to emerging countries, in particular to Latin America and Africa. The company recently raised 4.7 million euros after a first fundraising in September of 2020 of 2.2 million euros that was achieved through business angels, financials and three companies specialized in the space industry, Hemeria, Comat and ADF.
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