Aerospacelab to Supply Eight Additional Satellites for Xona building on success of Pulsar-0
New order bridges Xona’s path to meet early demand with launches beginning in late 2026.
Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium – January 13, 2025, 07:00 CET – Aerospacelab, a leader in satellite manufacturing and design, announces today it has been selected by Xona Space Systems to produce eight additional satellites for Pulsar, the next-era navigation constellation bringing precision, power, and protection to devices everywhere from Low Earth Orbit. Aerospacelab will serve as Xona’s transition manufacturing partner for initial Pulsar deployment, supplying flight-proven satellite platforms and systems’ integration expertise while Xona develops in-house production capabilities in California.
The expanded order follows the success of Pulsar-0, which demonstrated a rapid speed to orbit and validated Xona’s LEO-based approach to high-performance Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT). With launches beginning in late 2026, Aerospacelab’s Versatile Satellite Platforms (VSP) and integration services will accelerate early deployment, enabling Pulsar to offer commercial services to Xona’s earliest customers in the distributed timing and connected devices markets.
Building on the momentum of a successful collaboration, this expanded partnership strengthens the future of global navigation and reinforces Aerospacelab’s role as a flexible, high-throughput supplier to constellation operators.
“We are thrilled to support Xona in bringing Pulsar to life faster by providing an additional eight satellite platforms for their constellation”, said Benoît Deper, Chief Executive Officer of Aerospacelab. “The expansion of this partnership underscores Aerospacelab’s focus on agility and scalable growth, ensuring we continue to meet our customers’ needs as they evolve.”
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Tina Ghataore, Chief Strategy & Revenue Officer of Aerospacelab, echoed this sentiment, stating, "This renewed, larger order from Xona reinforces Aerospacelab’s strength in providing innovative Versatile Satellite Platforms for every mission requirement. As a manufacturing partner accelerating near-term speed to market, we are committed to delivering the expertise needed to power the breakthrough navigation advances Pulsar enables."
"Pulsar-0 showed that the next era of navigation can move at the speed of commercial innovation", said Jay Wakenshaw, Chief Operating Officer of Xona. "Working with Aerospacelab accelerates that momentum, allowing Xona todeliver Pulsar’s next era capabilities to customers sooner while we lay the foundations for long-term production in California.”
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