Any intel on cryptosat?

Cryptosat seems to be a hosted payload on ION SCV-006 (not a separate satellite)

This mission will also include the in-orbit demonstration of two third-party
hosted payloads:

  • A prototype nanosatellite developed by Cryptosat for secure cryptographic
    applications such as electronic voting, trusted random beacon, and
    verifiable delay enforcement for smart contracts.

Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2022-05-25/d-orbit-launches-its-sixth-ion-satellite-carrier-mission

According to https://www.cryptosat.io/ cryptosat-1 was launched on May 25th 2022, which matches the launch date of ION SCV-006.

According to Yahoo είναι μέρος της οικογένειας εμπορικών σημάτων Yahoo cryptosat-2 was launched on Jan 3 this year, so the cryptosat-2 tle on their track page is definitely incorrect. Not sure why they have decided to fake the tle, maybe they wanted a placeholder before the launch and then forgot to update the tle in the months that have passed since the launch.

Jan 3 was the Transporter 6 launch, which was discussed in SpaceX F9 Transporter-3 - 2022-01-13 15:25UTC

This launch included ION SCV-007 GLORIOUS GRATIA and ION SCV-008 FIERCE FRANCISCUS so my guess is that cryptosat-2 also is not a satellite, but another hosted payload on one of these satellites.

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