ST
Electronics
Launches New
Service with
Successful
Completion
of In-Orbit
Test of
TeLEOS-1
26 July 2016
Singapore
Technologies
Electronics
Limited
announced
the
commencement
of its
commercial
imagery
service of
the first
made-in-Singapore
commercial
Earth
observation
satellite,
TeLEOS-1,
after an
intensive
In-Orbit-Test
(IOT) since
it was
launched on
16 December
2015. This
marks a
significant
milestone
for ST
Electronics
as this is a
world’s
first
commercial
imagery
service
providing
one metre
resolution
with the
fastest
response
time from a
Near-Equatorial
Orbit remote
sensing
satellite.
“Today is a
momentous
milestone
for ST
Electronics
as we launch
TeLEOS-1’s
commercial
imagery
service.
TeLEOS-1 has
proven to
perform well
over an
intensive
six months
In-Orbit-Test
and we are
happy to
bring into
service the
world's
first
Near-Equatorial
Orbit Earth
observation
satellite
offering a
one metre
resolution
with
unparalleled
revisit
time. Our
unique
offering of
multi-source,
multi-modal,
high
responsive
satellite
imagery has
attracted
strong
interests
from our
international
network of
re-sellers
and
distributors.
Our
strategic
partnership
with DSTA
and EDB will
strengthen
the Space
ecosystem in
Singapore
and bring it
to greater
heights,”
said Mr Lee
Fook Sun,
Deputy CEO &
President,
Defence
Business of
ST
Engineering
and
President of
ST
Electronics.
Through the
vigorous
six-month of
IOT, ST
Electronics
has
successfully
calibrated
and
validated
the in-orbit
performance
of TeLEOS-1,
covering the
Attitude
Determination
Control
System,
On-Board
Computing
System,
Flight
Software,
On-Board
Network
System,
On-Board
Recorder,
Telemetry
and
Tele-command
system,
Payload
Downlink
system,
Electrical
Power
system,
Thermal
Control
System and
Camera
Payload. At
the same
time, the
performance
of the
Ground
Control
Station was
also
successfully
validated.
The
successful
validations
have paved
the way for
the launch
of imagery
service of
TeLEOS-1.
With a mean
revisit time
of 12 to 16
hours and
coverage of
the
equatorial
belt with up
to six
daylight
imaging
opportunities
a day,
TeLEOS-1 is
capable of
providing
down to one
metre
resolution
panchromatic
imagery with
a 12km swath
width.
TeLEOS-1,
being the
first
commercial
remote
sensing
satellite
operating in
the Near
Equatorial
Orbit within
+/- 15
degree
around the
equatorial
belt, has
the
competitive
advantage of
having the
fastest
response
time to
react to
urgent and
ad-hoc
imaging
needs,
shorter mean
revisit time
and higher
imaging
opportunities
compared to
the typical
polar orbit
remote
sensing
satellites
over this
region.
Besides the
sales of
satellite
imagery, ST
Electronics
will also
provide
value-added
applications
covering
urban
planning and
infrastructure
management
for smart
cities,
environmental
and
resources
monitoring,
humanitarian
aid and
disaster
relief
(HADR),
maritime
security and
safety,
border and
territorial
water
protection.
Partnership
agreement
with Defence
Science &
Technology
Agency
(DSTA)
In
conjunction
with the
commercialisation
of TeLEOS-1
imagery
services, ST
Electronics
is pleased
to announce
that it has
entered into
a
partnership
agreement
with Defence
Science &
Technology
Agency
(DSTA) to
jointly
acquire and
develop
imaging
systems to
support
Singapore
Government
agencies’
imagery
requirements,
such as
monitoring
of haze
hotspots and
detection of
oil spills.
ST
Electronics
will use
these
systems to
enhance our
commercial
imagery
services
with
multi-modal
and higher
responsiveness
for its
customers.
Establishment
of
Agreements
to Promote
TeLEOS-1
Imagery
In addition,
ST
Electronics
has also
signed a
distributor
agreement
with SI
Imaging
Services
(Korea), and
reseller
agreements
with SOVZOND
Company Ltd
(Russia) and
Broadstone
Technologies
(South
Africa) for
TeLEOS-1
Imagery.
Discussion
with other
reseller
partners
such as
Airbus DS
Geo and
several
others are
in good
progress.
These
distributor
and
resellers
will be
promoting
and selling
the TeLEOS-1
imagery and
value-added
applications
globally.
The signing
of these
agreements
signify the
industry’s
early
recognition
of the
competitiveness
and market
potential of
the TeLEOS-1
imagery.
Collaboration
on Corporate
Accelerator
Programme
with
Economic
Development
Board
To spur the
development
of new
applications
and use
cases using
satellite
data, ST
Electronics
will work
with
Economic
Development
Board (EDB)
on corporate
accelerator
programmes
that will
tap on the
creativity
and vibrancy
of
Singapore’s
start-up and
research
ecosystem.
Such a
programme
will connect
various
parties of
the
innovation
value chain
such as
commercial
end users,
satellite
data
providers
and
start-up/research
communities
to co-create
and
commercialise
new ideas
for new
markets
using
satellite
data and
exploiting
the use of
big data
analytics.
“We are
pleased to
work with ST
Electronics
on their
corporate
accelerator
programme
which aims
to
co-develop
new and
innovative
commercial
applications
with our
start-up
community.
This
initiative
is aligned
with our
effort to
grow an
innovation
driven
satellite
application
ecosystem in
Singapore,
and we are
happy to be
part of it,”
said Mr Beh
Kian Teik,
Executive
Director of
the Office
for Space
Technology
and
Industry,
Economic
Development
Board.
