Product · Space
Jackal
True Anomaly autonomous orbital vehicle for rendezvous and proximity operations, space domain awareness and orbital-warfare missions.
by True Anomaly
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True Anomaly autonomous orbital vehicle for rendezvous and proximity operations, space domain awareness and orbital-warfare missions.
Timeline
No milestones recorded for Jackal yet. The timeline fills in as unveilings, tests, contracts and deliveries are sourced.
Technologies1
Cost to the government
- Contract unit priceConfirmed$30.0MEstimate / observation: 2024-04 · Then-year $ · 1 unit
VICTUS HAZE Emergent Need SBIR award (SSC Space Safari with SpaceWERX; OTA FA8819-24-9-0002 signed 2024-08-02 per FPDS): Space Force funds $30M of a $60M effort, True Anomaly funds $30M privately. Covers building an RPO-capable Jackal and a C2 centre, hot standby, rapid launch on a commercial launcher (Firefly Alpha) and operations; one Jackal launches for the mission. Government share for one Jackal mission, not a production unit price.
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News1
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Payload · Supports: System
“True Anomaly announced today that its autonomous orbital vehicle, Jackal, has completed all of its Mission X-3 test objectives”
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True Anomaly · Supports: Cost · amount, Cost · quantity
“the Space Force will fund $30M of a total $60M effort and True Anomaly will leverage $30M of private capital”
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