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18/02/23 14:28 PM IST

Antaris™ JANUS-1 smallsat is successfully launched by the ISRO’s SSLV-D2 rocket

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  • Antaris announced that the world's first satellite fully conceived, designed, and manufactured using the company's end-to-end cloud platform, JANUS-1 has successfully reached orbit.
About Janus-1
  • JANUS-1 is a 6U satellite featuring payload and subsystem technologies from AICRAFT, Morpheus Space, Netra, SayariLabs Kenya, SpeQtral, Transceles, trial, and Zero-Error Systems (ZES).
  • It will perform internet of things (IoT) communications, advanced experimental laser communications, radio communications, and machine learning (ML) during orbit.
  • Antaris SatOS software manages core bus responsibilities while orchestrating multitenant payloads and onboard computing—in addition to showcasing secure TT&C protocols with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and ATLAS Space Operations, who are providing ground communications services.
  • The project was completed in just 10 months from concept to launch readiness with a cost savings of 75% over comparable satellite missions.
  • Antaris anticipates that future spacecraft missions can be ready for launch in as few as six months. While the launch marks the start of JANUS-1’s on-orbit mission, the satellite has been ‘in flight’ for months via the company’s unique TrueTwin digital twinning technology.
Source- The Hindu

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