A 32-satellite LEO constellation to be launched from Unst, Shetland. Assured position, navigation, timing, and encrypted backhaul for the United Kingdom, the United States, and trusted allies. The furthest-out programme on our roadmap.
Long-range aircraft and encrypted ground comms need a space layer that cannot be severed or degraded by a foreign operator. Dragonfod's Orbital programme is our answer to that problem.
Sovereign position, navigation, and timing. Backup and check against GPS and Galileo. Resilient to jamming and spoofing.
Cipher OS traffic terminates on-orbit. Every DF-60 sortie will backhaul through the constellation from 2028.
Synthetic aperture radar and electro-optical payloads. Revisit under 45 minutes over the North Atlantic.
A polar LEO architecture at 540 km. Four orbital planes, inclined at 87.4°, spaced 45° apart in right-ascension. Every point on the UK is in view of at least four satellites at any time.
At 540 km with four planes, we guarantee four-satellite visibility anywhere in allied territory — enough for a PNT solution without GPS, enough for encrypted backhaul without any foreign satellite in the loop.