# Satellogic NewSat constellation
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: satellogic
- **actual launch**: 2016-05-30
- **current status**: operational
- **orbit type**: Low Earth orbit, sun-synchronous operational constellation
- **swath km**: 6.5
- **revisit days**: 1
- **tasking supported**: true
- **archive depth years**: 10
- **current geographic priority**: Global commercial high-resolution tasking and archive imagery
- **launch vehicle**: casc-long-march-4b
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-14
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: claimed
- **provider**: satellogic
- **attributes**: {"operator":"satellogic","actual_launch":"2016-05-30","current_status":"operational","orbit_type":"Low Earth orbit, sun-synchronous operational constellation","swath_km":6.5,"revisit_days":1,"tasking_supported":true,"archive_depth_years":10,"current_geographic_priority":"Global commercial high-resolution tasking and archive imagery","launch_vehicle":"casc-long-march-4b"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
The Satellogic NewSat constellation (also known as the Aleph-1 or Nusat constellation) is a commercial high-resolution optical Earth observation constellation designed, built, and operated by Satellogic. The programme began launching in May 2016 and has grown to a multi-satellite operational fleet in sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. Individual satellites carry multispectral cameras with a 6.5 km swath and sub-metre to 1 m class resolution, offering global tasking, approximately daily revisit, and an archive of about 10 years.[^satellogic-constellation][^satellogic-markiv-datasheet] Published satellite counts differ by source and observation date: the 2024 Form 10-K reported approximately 20 operational satellites out of 22 in orbit at that filing date, while the NASA CSDA quality assessment noted 14 operational satellites at assessment start within a 44-satellite March 2024 constellation.[^satellogic-2024-10k][^nasa-csda-newsat-qa] The constellation supports applications including land cover change monitoring, agricultural crop assessment, economic activity tracking, and transport infrastructure surveys.[^satellogic-multispectral-product]

## Compositional position
- Satellogic NewSat constellation --[mission_payloads]--> newsat-multispectral-camera (products)
- Satellogic NewSat constellation --[related-topic]--> economic-activity (topics)
- Satellogic NewSat constellation --[related-topic]--> transport-infrastructure (topics)
- Satellogic NewSat constellation --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)

## Sources
- [satellogic-constellation] | Satellogic constellation page | https://satellogic.com/technology/constellation/ | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-06-14
- [satellogic-markiv-datasheet] | Satellogic NewSat Mark IV datasheet | https://satellogic.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Satellogic-NewSat-MarkIV-November-2023.pdf | tier=operator-datasheet | accessed=2026-06-14
- [satellogic-2024-10k] | Satellogic 2024 Form 10-K | https://satellogic.gcs-web.com/static-files/1d89cb12-6f24-4d55-b123-9878f699a784 | tier=legal-text | accessed=2026-06-14
- [nasa-csda-newsat-qa] | NASA CSDA Satellogic NewSat quality assessment report | https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/satellogic-optical-mission-qa-report-final-2.pdf | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [satellogic-multispectral-product] | Satellogic multispectral imagery product page | https://satellogic.com/products/multispectral-imagery/ | tier=operator-marketing | accessed=2026-06-14

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