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Australian company LatConnect 60 has signed an agreement with NewSpace India to provide tracking, communications and control services for the SWIRSAT-1 and SWIRSAT-2 missions, alongside a partnership with GeoSyze to access India’s defense and geospatial intelligence market. The satellites are scheduled for launch in the first and second quarters of 2027.
Australia’s LatConnect 60 and Phi Earth Technologies have announced a partnership to integrate satellite-based Earth observation with verified field data within a digital monitoring, reporting and verification platform. Applications will begin in Australia and Malaysia, using data from the SWIRSAT constellation to monitor biomass, plant moisture and carbon sequestration.
Australia’s LatConnect 60 has signed an agreement with Transcelestial to supply the SWIRSAT-1 mission with an optical communications terminal and provide access to a ground-station network for transmitting satellite imagery to processing facilities and customers. The terminal reaches speeds of up to 10 gigabits per second, as part of a plan to launch two satellites in the first quarter of 2027 and build a constellation of 18 satellites by 2029.