But the demo we just did is on, it's either a 3U or a 4U nanosatellite. I think it might be a 3U, though I can check on that. So they're very tiny, and I think this is what is so impressive about these demonstrations, is that they're on such a tiny satellite. These are still in the R&D and the testing phase. We've been developing this and working on it for quite some years. It is absolutely something that we plan to deploy internally on our Constellation once we decide it's ready to go from the R&D and demo phase into actual operations. And, you know, I think whether we make that available to other parties is something that is under consideration.
Chris
Analyst — Susquehanna International Group
Great. And on the RFGL, I think you said you're up about 10x year-to-date. Of that increase, is most of it due to new satellite pairs on orbit, or are you also seeing improvements due to, you know, firmware upgrades?
And a second part of that question, is that capability only available on newly launched satellites that are developed to pair, or is it something that you're able to, you know, backfit to existing satellites? so it would say most the most of the capacity increase is from new satellites being launched though i will also say that we are continually doing upgrades and improvements across the constellation fleet and so that that that does sometimes mean that satellites that we've already had that we weren't using for rfgl we then can use for rfgl in certain circumstances and a lot of it has to do with when satellites are coming into relevant proximity in order to do the geolocation. And so we kind of actively manage that constellation as well as which type of signals we see interest from customer set. So there's a certain amount of active management we can do across the fleet, and then a certain amount of it is we just need to put up the the additional satellites.
Chris
Analyst — Susquehanna International Group
Gotcha. And is there any thought, you know, based upon the growth or potential of that market to, you know, launch to specific inclinations and sort of prioritize, you know, for that mission relative to, you know, an RO mission or others?
Yeah. And I think, you know, there are certain missions that we will do that. And what What it really comes down to is the tradeoff, you know, certainly in cost, in how quickly to get something up, and also what kind of requests and demand signals that we're getting from the customer base. So I take all of those into very careful consideration because at the end of the day, it's what are customers going to pay for and on what timeline. And so I think there's a variety of ways that we continue to expand how we do this across the constellation. It's something we're tracking closely.
Chris
Analyst — Susquehanna International Group
Gotcha. And final question, the German partnership, obviously, you know, still very new. But should we, and each partner seems to be contributing something complementary, But from a financial perspective, will there be any impact in 26 and maybe longer term? Is this something where you expect you would be contributing capital to it or simply product and capabilities?
Yeah, so I generally view this as us providing product and capabilities and heritage in space. um the the teams are working with both of those organizations i would say very closely and on a regular basis i expect aspire to generate revenue from both of those partnerships in some cases it's going to take a bit longer and and i think there are other cases where it could actually lead to some revenue in 2026.
Operator
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