Aalto University is a Finnish multidisciplinary university with significant activity in the space sector, particularly through its School of Electrical Engineering. It focuses on space science and technology research, including nanosatellite development, space plasma physics, and participation in international missions like ESA's BepiColombo and JUICE. The university is also involved in the SpaceMaster program, a joint European Master's degree, and collaborates with various industrial partners and research organizations. Aalto's space-related activities contribute to sustainable space research and technology, addressing issues like space debris.
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AALTO is using NTDefence Week in Darwin to launch a call for Australian payload partners and to outline its technical interface and commercial roadmap through Industry Engagements and Dialogues.
The manifest includes Foresail-1 prime, a Finnish 3U CubeSat built by Aalto University within the country's Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space.
The funding supports development needed for Aalto to start offering global commercial services from 2026.
Airbus spent over two decades developing Zephyr’s core technology and remains Aalto’s largest shareholder following the investment deal.
Aalto, NTT Docomo, and Space Compass signed a Memorandum of Understanding in 2022.
Aalto raised $100,000,000 from a group of Japanese companies to help develop stratospheric pseudo-satellites.
Airbus US Space and Defense, based in Arlington, Virginia, is a partner to Aalto and works directly with the U.S. Department of Defense and other U.S. government customers to address connectivity and remote sensing needs.
Aalto announced the investment on 2024-06-03 as the start of a strategic alliance to commercialize non-terrestrial connectivity and Earth observation services across Asia using payloads attached to high-altitude platform stations (HAPS).
Planned near-term activities for Aalto include launching several customer missions over the coming year, establishing launch and landing sites for Zephyr, and advancing the certification process for Zephyr.
The Aalto University team developed a new open satellite platform for Foresail-1, and the satellite plans will be made available as an open-source project.
Otaniemi ground station operations are built on solutions and software developed at Aalto University.
Aalto University planned the Foresail-1 mission and built the satellite.
The plasma brake was previously tested on Aalto-1 and underwent further development to improve its operational reliability.
The Aalto University CubeSat team in Finland sparked the creation of Iceye, the first company to launch a synthetic aperture radar microsatellite.