TrustPoint Sets 2027 Target for Initial Rollout of LEO-Based Navigation Services

"WASHINGTON — TrustPoint, a five-year-old startup building a low-Earth-orbit navigation network as an alternative or complement to GPS, says it is on track to soft launch C-band PNT services in 2027. The schedule depends on continued on-orbit demonstrations and receiver integration over the next two years, but the company says early tests and government interest are strong enough to support the target.

CEO and co-founder Patrick Shannon told SpaceNews that TrustPoint expects to draw on both military and commercial funding to accelerate deployment of a constellation that could eventually reach 300 satellites. The company bills itself as a complementary PNT provider to global navigation satellite systems such as GPS and Galileo, with differentiation rooted in its business model, orbital architecture and signal design."

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