# Pixxel launches three more Fireflies, completing a six-satellite hyperspectral fleet

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/pixxel-launches-three-more-fireflies-completing-a-six-satellite-7c3ce493
Date: 27 Aug 2025
About: [Pixxel](https://technooptimist.io/companies/pixxel.md) · [Firefly constellation](https://technooptimist.io/spaceflight/fireflies.md)
Original source: https://pixxel.space/news/pixxel-launches-three-more-fireflies-with-spacex-paving-the-way-for-planetary-scale-hyperspectral-imaging

Three more Firefly satellites flew on SpaceX's NAOS mission, bringing Pixxel's operational fleet to six. Each sees 135+ spectral bands at 5 m resolution across a 40 km swath. CTO Kshitij Khandelwal said the next Honeybee satellites will reach further into the electromagnetic spectrum.

## Key facts

- Data is delivered through Pixxel's Aurora platform.
- Honeybees add extended shortwave infrared bands and faster revisit.
- CEO Awais Ahmed: 'Our earlier launches showed what was possible; this one shows what's next.'

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