EarthTraq Demonstrates Tens-of-Meters RF Geolocation from Orbit with Four-Satellite Cluster
EarthTraq Demonstrates Tens-of-Meters RF Geolocation from Orbit with Four-Satellite Cluster
ET-01 demonstrates EarthTraq’s integrated space-based localization system as the company prepares two additional missions for early 2027
EarthTraq Corporation today announced that its four-satellite ET-01 mission has localized a ground-based RF source to within tens of meters. The result demonstrates the core capability behind EarthTraq’s space-based RF geolocation system.
Launched in July 2026 aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-17 mission, all four ET-01 spacecraft have been commissioned and are operating in low Earth orbit. Together, they form EarthTraq’s first deployed orbital cluster.
ET-01 combines EarthTraq’s in-house spacecraft, RF systems, compute, flight software and ground infrastructure into a vertically integrated system purpose-built for space-based geolocation. The company designs, manufactures and operates its own custom-form-factor spacecraft, allowing it to optimize performance and advance the capability across successive missions.
“The important milestone here is not simply successful design, manufacturing, and operation of this new class of spacecraft, it's that the ET-01 mission demonstrated exactly what we set out to prove,” said Max Holliday, Ph.D., CEO and co-founder of EarthTraq. “Localizing a handheld device to within tens of meters from orbit is a major technical accomplishment, and we see this as just the beginning of what the system can deliver."
EarthTraq is on schedule for two additional launches in early 2027. The ET-02 and ET-03 missions will deploy eight additional spacecraft.
About EarthTraq Corporation
EarthTraq Corporation develops space-based RF geolocation infrastructure. The company designs, manufactures and operates its own spacecraft and associated infrastructure, combining vertically integrated space hardware and software to localize RF sources from orbit.
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