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SpaceBEE [Swarm Technologies]

Swarm Technology's SpaceBEE picosatellites, built to the 0.25U CubeSat form factor are a constellation of 150 picosats to provide two-way satellite communications and data relay.

The constellation is to consist of 150 satellites, with 170 satellites to be manufactured. The operational satellites reverted back to the 0.25U form factor after tracking of the prototypes had been successfully demonstrated.

• The first batch of 12 satellites was launched on 3 September 2020 on a Vega.
• The second batch of 24 satellites followed on 20 November 2020 on an Electron KS (R). 6 of these were called SpaceBEE NZ.
• The third batch of 36 satellites was launched on 24 January 2021 on a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5). 24 satellites were directly deployed from the payload stack, while the remaining 12 were deployed from the free-flying ION-SCV 002 deployer.
• The fourth batch of 12 satellites was launched on 28 February 2021 on a PSLV-DL.
• The fifth batch of 28 satellites will be launched on 30 June 2021 on a Falcon-9 v1.2 (Block 5). 16 satellites will be directly deployed from the payload stack, while the remaining 12 will be deployed from the free-flying Sherpa-FX 2 deployer.