Blue Origin’s 1st Blue Ring mission to demo SDA with Scout Space sensor – SatNews

Blue Origin has agreed with Scout Space to combine one in all its flagship, next-generation, area area consciousness (SDA) Owl sensors onboard the primary mission of Blue Ring, the corporate’s extremely maneuverable, multi-mission spacecraft for payload supply, internet hosting and infrastructure companies.

Blue Ring’s first mission is anticipated to launch within the spring of 2026 with preliminary injection into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO), with further companies carried out in Geostationary Orbit (GEO).

Blue Ring is a multi-mission, multi-destination car offering full-service payload supply, internet hosting, and end-to-end mission operations. The car’s structure promotes mission-unique adaption to satisfy a wide range of buyer and mission wants in GEO, xGEO, Cislunar, Mars, and past. The spacecraft has industry-leading capabilities, together with a nominal delta-V of at the very least 3,000m/s (with a max of 4,000m/s) enabled by electrical and chemical propulsion techniques. The spacecraft is able to supporting as much as 4,000 kg of payload capability throughout 13 ports, and has highly effective on-board edge computing and processing capabilities enabling versatile mission design.

This mission highlights a novel mixture of Blue Ring’s dynamic maneuverability and on-orbit companies, in live performance with Owl sensor’s skill to detect and monitor satellites, particles, and different resident area objects at lengthy distance from a number of the most demanding working environments.

Scout’s Owl sensor is designed to boost real-time monitoring, characterization, and evaluation of area objects by integrating superior optical sensing, onboard synthetic intelligence-driven processing, and autonomous decision-making capabilities to ship domain-wide intelligence in area in assist of the U.S. Space Force’s area management mission set. The sensor is a part of Scout’s Owl product line. By integrating the sensor onto Blue Ring, the spacecraft autonomously screens and assesses resident area objects, introducing an enhanced SDA functionality to the GEO area.

“Integrating Scout’s Owl sensor on this first mission marks a significant step forward in advancing SDA capabilities and underscores our commitment to supporting the nation’s mission requirements,” stated Paul Ebertz, SVP of Blue Origin’s In-Space Systems enterprise unit. “We’re thrilled to bring Blue Ring to market and support Scout with unmatched mission maneuverability, versatility, and capacity in GEO and beyond.”

“We’ve always believed that no single company can bring the best space superiority capabilities to the market alone,” stated Philip Hover-Smoot, CEO at Scout Space. “We’re thrilled to work with Blue Origin to bring Scout’s secure solutions onboard this historic first Blue Ring mission.”