Sidus Space finalizes commercial pathfinder mission agreement with Lonestar

Sidus Space (SIDU) announced the execution of a commercial pathfinder mission agreement with Lonestar Data Holdings for the design and integration of Lonestar’s high-capacity Digital Data Storage Payload, featuring edge processing capabilities, onto LizzieSat-5, a low Earth orbit satellite within Sidus’ LizzieSat micro-constellation. Under the terms of the agreement, Sidus will design, develop, and integrate one Lonestar payload onto LizzieSat-5, along with arranging deployment and payload commissioning in coordination with Lonestar. The mission serves as the roll out of Lonestar’s commercial offering for in-space data storage and edge processing technologies, designed to establish sovereign, secure, and scalable orbital data infrastructure where data from Earth can be uplinked, stored long-term, processed, and downlinked as needed from onboard a spacecraft. Sidus will maintain operational control of the satellite through launch and early orbit phase and commissioning at an orbital altitude of approximately 500-550 km.