SpaceNews || TrustPoint Launches PNT Cubesat

"SAN FRANCISCO — TrustPoint Inc., a startup developing a cubesat-based global navigation satellite system, launched its first satellite April 15 on the SpaceX Transporter-7 rideshare flight.

For Leesburg, Virginia-based TrustPoint, the launch was the culmination of years of work aimed at proving that a highly accurate position, navigation and timing source can be contained in a cubesat.

“As far as we’re aware, this is the first commercially funded, purpose-built PNT microsatellite,” Patrick Shannon, TrustPoint co-founder and CEO, told SpaceNews."

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